Ken Lee Photography
@kenleephotography.bsky.social
Hello, I’m a night photographer! Also, I teach night photography workshops, write books & Photofocus articles. www.kenleephotography.com
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"Mojave Waterslide"-Night, remote mine, Mojave Desert. I perched my camera on a tripod, opened the shutter for a long time, and then walked around lighting the scene with a handheld LED light. Photos, books, workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenleephotography #nightphotography
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Mojave Waterslide"-Night, remote mine, Mojave Desert. I perched my camera on a tripod, opened the shutter for a long time, and then walked around lighting the scene with a handheld LED light. Photos, books, workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenleephotography #nightphotography
"Stereo Stereo"—Did you have a chance to catch Comet NEOWISE? Here it is over a radio telescope. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 6599) 22 July 2020. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Stereo Stereo"—Did you have a chance to catch Comet NEOWISE? Here it is over a radio telescope. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 6599) 22 July 2020. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"The Red Crown"—A menacing, massive International Loadstar 1600 truck and its crown of red, and a shooting star. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 7451) November 2020. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"The Red Crown"—A menacing, massive International Loadstar 1600 truck and its crown of red, and a shooting star. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 7451) November 2020. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"Where Silence Climbs to Heaven"—Milky Way over Joshua Tree National Park at night. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5862) Sept. 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"Where Silence Climbs to Heaven"—Milky Way over Joshua Tree National Park at night. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5862) Sept. 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"Lunombra"—Joshua Tree National Park is my spiritual home for night photography. Bathed in the light of a nearly full moon. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 6173) 7 Oct 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Lunombra"—Joshua Tree National Park is my spiritual home for night photography. Bathed in the light of a nearly full moon. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 6173) 7 Oct 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"The Curvature of Silence"—Curvy windswept desert rocks. Joshua Tree National Park is my spiritual home for night photography. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 6203) 7 Oct 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"The Curvature of Silence"—Curvy windswept desert rocks. Joshua Tree National Park is my spiritual home for night photography. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 6203) 7 Oct 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"The Fireball We Rode Was Moving"—1950s Ford F-350 in Joshua Tree. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5396) 4 September 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"The Fireball We Rode Was Moving"—1950s Ford F-350 in Joshua Tree. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5396) 4 September 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"The Storm of Lights"—The perfect storm, so to speak, with the clear sky in back allowing the moon to illuminate the canyon, and the storm in front of me. What a beautiful night!! (Plate 6460) Photos, books, & night photography workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"The Storm of Lights"—The perfect storm, so to speak, with the clear sky in back allowing the moon to illuminate the canyon, and the storm in front of me. What a beautiful night!! (Plate 6460) Photos, books, & night photography workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"—A forgotten cabin with a stuffed lion in the window. Desert Center, founded in 1921. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5482) 7 September 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"—A forgotten cabin with a stuffed lion in the window. Desert Center, founded in 1921. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5482) 7 September 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"The Acquired Inability to Rotate"—Massive gears, long exposure showing movement of the stars over 30 minutes time. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 3037) Nov 2020. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"The Acquired Inability to Rotate"—Massive gears, long exposure showing movement of the stars over 30 minutes time. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 3037) Nov 2020. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"Walls of Wonder—Milky Way over the ruins of a ranch, Joshua Tree National Park at night. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5817) Sept. 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
November 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Walls of Wonder—Milky Way over the ruins of a ranch, Joshua Tree National Park at night. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5817) Sept. 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"Desert Wind Phone"—The stars drift above the Campbell Wind Phone in Joshua Tree, a solitary, unconnected phone booth where visitors “call” lost loved ones, their words carried on by desert wind. (Plate 6068) Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"Desert Wind Phone"—The stars drift above the Campbell Wind Phone in Joshua Tree, a solitary, unconnected phone booth where visitors “call” lost loved ones, their words carried on by desert wind. (Plate 6068) Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com
"Dispatches from the Desert"—Sending night letters from the high desert. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 6099) Oct 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
October 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Dispatches from the Desert"—Sending night letters from the high desert. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 6099) Oct 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"The Tree That Holds the Sky"—Milky Way over Joshua Tree National Park at night. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5840) Sept. 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"The Tree That Holds the Sky"—Milky Way over Joshua Tree National Park at night. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5840) Sept. 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
Table for Two~~~~~Night photo inside the Goffs General Store and Saloon in Goffs, CA, one of several ghost towns along a lonely stretch of Route 66 in the California desert. Photos, Books, Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com (Plate 1673)
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Table for Two~~~~~Night photo inside the Goffs General Store and Saloon in Goffs, CA, one of several ghost towns along a lonely stretch of Route 66 in the California desert. Photos, Books, Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com (Plate 1673)
"Karvan Shabaneh"—This really makes me want to do some starry night camping: friends, fun, stories, tacos, and beer. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 7684) October 2024. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
October 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"Karvan Shabaneh"—This really makes me want to do some starry night camping: friends, fun, stories, tacos, and beer. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 7684) October 2024. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"Fleetwood Cadillac-Ac-Ac"—Night falls on a 1940s Cadillac Fleetwood at Nelson ghost town in Nevada. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 3312) November 2022. Photos, books, & night photography workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
October 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"Fleetwood Cadillac-Ac-Ac"—Night falls on a 1940s Cadillac Fleetwood at Nelson ghost town in Nevada. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 3312) November 2022. Photos, books, & night photography workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
The Doors of Perception. Historic Southwest stone cabin. I light painted this with a handheld flashlight during the exposure. Photos, Books, Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com (Plate 9503) Pentax K-1.
October 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Doors of Perception. Historic Southwest stone cabin. I light painted this with a handheld flashlight during the exposure. Photos, Books, Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com (Plate 9503) Pentax K-1.
"The Crooked Silence"—A lone Juniper Tree underneath the Milky Way, Joshua Tree National Park, CA. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 6000_1) 23 Sept 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
October 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"The Crooked Silence"—A lone Juniper Tree underneath the Milky Way, Joshua Tree National Park, CA. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 6000_1) 23 Sept 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"The Last Midnight Menu"—The abandoned Desert Center, founded by "Desert Steve" and his wife Lydia in 1921. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5461) 7 September 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
October 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"The Last Midnight Menu"—The abandoned Desert Center, founded by "Desert Steve" and his wife Lydia in 1921. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5461) 7 September 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"Leaning Into the Silence"—Penguin Rock and Juniper Tree under the Milky Way, Joshua Tree National Park, CA. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5959) 23 Sept 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
October 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"Leaning Into the Silence"—Penguin Rock and Juniper Tree under the Milky Way, Joshua Tree National Park, CA. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 5959) 23 Sept 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"Heart Beneath the Heavens"—Heart Rock beneath the Milky Way, Joshua Tree National Park. Night photo lit with red light from a handheld flashlight. (Plate 5595) Sept. 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
October 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Heart Beneath the Heavens"—Heart Rock beneath the Milky Way, Joshua Tree National Park. Night photo lit with red light from a handheld flashlight. (Plate 5595) Sept. 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
"Listening to Infinity"—Comet C/2023a. Milky Way. Radio Telescopes. Sierra Nevadas. Wow. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 3585) October 2024. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
September 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Listening to Infinity"—Comet C/2023a. Milky Way. Radio Telescopes. Sierra Nevadas. Wow. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 3585) October 2024. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography
Can we invoke the 25th Amendment yet? Fuck this guy.
September 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Can we invoke the 25th Amendment yet? Fuck this guy.