Ken Lee Photography

I am a night photographer. I drive long hours in a dusty car listening to weird music, stay out all night creating photos, get dirty, hang out with other creative sleep-deprived weirdos, see the stars drift across the sky, and always find the best taco stands. I have been exploring the Southwestern United States as well as parts of the East Coast for over nine years, brandishing a camera, tripod, and colored flashlight. I especially love creating night photos of abandoned historical places, uni

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2025-12-10

"Late-Night Beep-Beep"—The abandoned Road Runner's Retreat restaurant along historic Route 66 in California. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 6120) 3 Oct 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com

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2025-12-06

"Petra Pedis"—Does this look like the forefoot of a sleeping giant? Joshua Tree National Park is my spiritual home for night photography. I love it when it's bathed in the light of a nearly full moon. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 6192) 7 Oct 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com

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2025-12-04

"I Guess I Should've Known By The Way You Parked Your Car Sideways"—A car stuck in sand in the very remote desert in the American Southwest. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 9787) 7 Oct 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com

Ken Lee Photographykenleephotography
2025-11-27

"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

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2025-11-26

"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

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2025-11-24

"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

Ken Lee Photographykenleephotography
2025-11-22

"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

Ken Lee Photographykenleephotography
2025-11-19

"Lunombra"—Joshua Tree National Park is my spiritual home for night photography. I love it when it's 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

Ken Lee Photographykenleephotography
2025-11-15

"The Curvature of Silence"—Curvy windswept rocks of the desert. Joshua Tree National Park is my spiritual home for night photography. I love it when it's bathed in the light of a nearly full moon. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 6203) 7 Oct 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com

Ken Lee Photographykenleephotography
2025-11-12

"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

Ken Lee Photographykenleephotography
2025-11-12

"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

Ken Lee Photographykenleephotography
2025-11-08

"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

Ken Lee Photographykenleephotography
2025-11-05

"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

Ken Lee Photographykenleephotography
2025-11-01

"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

Ken Lee Photographykenleephotography
2025-10-29

"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

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