Grotto of Color
Last night, I was making a rare-these-days late night Disneyland photo run when I decided to swing by Snow White's Grotto, to the right of Sleeping Beauty Castle, to see if I could capture the scene sans tripod. With my recently purchased first mirrorless camera, I was curious to see if I could shoot hand-stabilized semi-long exposures that could still be somewhat crisp and capture multiple exposures to blend into luminous scene. Well, first trial run with my Nikon Z8 of photographing by Tokyo Disney rules seemed successful. I was able to capture three frames of different brightness and combine them together into something that feels a bit sumptuous. Granted, catching Snow White's Grotto during one of its mini-show moments helped--the colorful theatrical lighting lent the scene a vibrant flare. But I also think back to how I might have done doing handheld nighttime shots a decade ago, and I don't think I would have captured this scene as evocatively....









