Have you ever wanted to create beautiful night photos but it was completely dark when you found the right spot and subject? Well the bluehoursite.com web site will help you by calculating the best time frame for taking stunning blue hour pictures. If you don’t know what is “blue hour” then you’re in the right place. It refers to the time after the sun goes below the horizon and the sky goes into deep blue for a while. This is the best timing to take photos

Let’s meet at 4:00 PM at the parking lots near the Jefferson memorial, directions below.
Sunset is 4:47PM. The blue hour is from 5:04 to 5:42.

What to bring? Besides a camera, a tripod is a must. A cable realease is helpful for long exposures.

Mike and Bob

Directions: Take I-395 North. As you cross the 14th Street bridge get in the right lane and exit to Southwest Freeway at the end of the bridge. Stay in the right lane and take the first exit to Potomac Park (Park Headquarters), exit 2. Turn right at the first stop sign (Buckeye Drive). Then turn right at next stop sign, Ohio Drive. Go to the second parking lot on the right.