Category Archives: Tom Paiva Photography

Last week Andy Frazer and I lead an Urban Night Photography workshop here in the Los Angeles area over three nights.  It was a small, intimate group with varied levels of photographic skills, which worked out great. Most of us … Continue reading →

Recently, I juried a show of night photography for the Vermont Photo Space Gallery, in Essex Junction, VT.  There were some 440 entries, many quite strong. I have juried shows before, but not with this many images, and I was … Continue reading →

This week, we are in the middle of our Urban Night Photography workshop here in Los Angeles and I wanted to mention three relatively new books (in no particular order) on night photography that are definitely worth adding to your … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago, Aline Smithson’s blog, Lenscratch profiled thirteen night images of mine.  Aline purposely chose more unusual images from the group I sent her.  I received emails about a few of them and thought I would discuss … Continue reading →

A couple of years ago I was lucky to get access to shoot in the Alameda Corridor here in Los Angeles.  It is basically a trench with three sets of railroad tracks set about 40 foot below street level that … Continue reading →