I shot these with my Nikon D80 and 18-55mm kit lens. I believe it’s the least expensive zoom Nikon sells*. Since it was a night of drinking, riding bikes and having fun, I wasn’t about to carry around my 20-pound Bogen tripod, so I brought my tabletop tripod and nestled it in the grass to get these shots. I used the self-timer to avoid camera shake. These shutter speeds are all in the 5-10 second range, which translate to being dozens of times too long for a sharp handheld shot.

* your equipment matters less than getting out and using it