Comments on: Nighthawks Behind the Lens: Interview with Troy Paiva

By: CBD

CBD — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:43:52 +0000

I am addicted to this guy’s work now. Thank you mental_floss!

By: andy cochrane

andy cochrane — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:20:24 +0000

i have only just begun to get into long exposure photography myself, having never had access to a camera with a slow shutter before recently. this is some inspiring stuff, and i really appreciate that you got some technical details on the images instead of just posting them like most blogs would have done. you can always trust mentalfloss to do their homework!!

By: kate

kate — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:49:30 +0000

Well, that absorbed most of my morning. Thanks Ransom! Troy’s stuff is incredible!

By: mrs.djs

mrs.djs — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:00:50 +0000

Thanks R, we can always count on you for bringing us the eye candy. :D
WOW. Those are really something else. I couldn’t see them here either, but I checked out Flickr.
Looking at these photos evokes the same feeling I get when I read Stephen King.
Very impressive!!

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:12:29 +0000

It’s simply mind-boggling that ‘old school’ photographic techniques produced these shots. Paiva is a remarkably talented artist – thanks for the great article and interview!

By: Clotho

Clotho — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:55:23 +0000

when is the “Big Shot” brick_city_man? I live in Rochester, sounds like something I’d be interested in

great interview, quite interesting…although, the pictures aren’t showing up for me

By: Jon Moss

Jon Moss — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:48:56 +0000

That’s a great article and interview – superb photos and so different and vibrant :-)

By: Jim Mantyla

Jim Mantyla — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:44:04 +0000

It’s interesting in that Troy has specialized in night time photography when his name translates to “day” in Finnish.

By: brick_city_man

brick_city_man — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:35:07 +0000

You should checkout the “big shot” put on annually by the RIT school of photography… They’ve used similar techniques with very large objects (Aircraft carriers, Palaces, etc). It takes hundreds of volunteers hours to prepare some of these but the results are astounding.

And yes, for the astute reader I am a RIT Alum, but I never did get a chance to participate in one of these shots nor was I a photography major.