Day 195: Midnight Purple

2026-08-20Hello!I saw a quote somewhere that read something like: "young writers only write about themselves, not realizing that bad autobiography is the most oversaturated genre on the internet." This blog is not that high above the mass of text posts on algorithmic platforms, but I ought to put more weight on the field of photography rather than the photographer.Not today! Realizing that I had not listened to my collection of digital music in a while, I plugged my earbuds in to my computer and shuffled through the tracks. (My phone doesn't accept wired earbuds...)As always, a song got stuck in my head. This time, it was Midnight Blue by Electric Light Orchestra and I decided to make a picture based on the song's name. The song itself is good, but it doesn't lend itself well to a photograph.I have this star projector whose list price is way too expensive despite my love for the dark sky. I set the camera to capture a long exposure image. Dots of purple light created an arc as the…