Photographing Lighting

85mm 30sec f/16 ISO 200

I took this photo the other night and particularly special as it is my first exposure ever taken of lighting. Lighting can be a challenge to photograph because you never know when and where it will exactly hit. Of course you need to use a tri-pod and shot your camera at a slow shutter speed. After about an hour of being outside on the roof of my apartment building, this was the best exposure I was able to get. I used the Washington National Cathedral as a point to frame the photo.