>> WE ALL LOVE A GOOD STORY, AND

THE MOTH BRINGS OUT THE BEST

FOR StorySLAM.

THE NIGHT RIDERS ROAMED IN

WESTERN KENTUCKY.

ROCK AND STRONG VOCALS ARE A HI

FOR CORALEE AND THE TOWNIES.

IT WOULD BE A CRIME NOT TO ENJO

A NIGHT AT GANGSTERS AND

KENTUCKY'S MOONBOW COMES INTO

FOCUS AT CUMBERLAND FALLS.

NIGHTTIME IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR

THIS "KENTUCKY LIFE."

HELLO, I'M DAVIE SHUFFETT ALONG

WITH MY PAL TOBY.

WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY LIFE."

WE HAVE BEEN CALLING THIS WEEK'

SHOW KENTUCKY NIGHT LIFE.

TONIGHT ALL OUR STORIES TAKE US

TO THE DARK SIDE -- OR AT LEAST

THE AFTER-DARK SIDE -- AS WE

FEATURE SOME OF KENTUCKY'S

NIGHTTIME EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

UP FIRST, A STORY ABOUT STORIES

THE ONES THAT ARE TOLD AT A

POPULAR MONTHLY EVENT AT

HEADLINERS MUSIC HALL IN

LOUISVILLE.

IN FRONT OF A SELL-OUT CROWD,

PEOPLE STEP UP TO THE MICROPHON

AND TELL TRUE STORIES FROM THEI

LIVES.

IT'S AN UNPREDICTABLE MIX OF

COMEDY, CONFESSION AND ADVENTUR

AND IT'S CALLED THE MOTH.

>> THE MOTH IS AN ORGANIZATION

THAT SPONSORS STORY-TELLING

EVENINGS IN VARIOUS PLACES

AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THERE ARE TWO BRANCHES OF THE

MOTH.

THE MAIN STAGE SERIES OF A

CURATOR OF SERIES WHERE THE MOT

APPROACHES WELL KNOWN STORY

WRITERS, ACTORS TO TELL STORIES

THE OTHER IS IN LOUISVILLE, AN

OPEN-MIC STORY-TELLING EVENT,

WHERE ANYONE CAN SIGN UP TO TEL

A STORY.

YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE HAT, W

DRAW OUT TEN NAMES IN THE COURS

OF THE EVENING.

WE NEVER KNOW WHAT WE'LL GET.

[ LAUGHTER ]

EACH STORY IS SCORED BY A TEAM

OF JUDGES CHOSEN FROM THE

AUDIENCE.

THEY'RE REGULAR AUDIENCE MEMBER

WHO LOVE STORIES AND GIVE EACH

STORY A SCORE.

AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, WE

DECLARE OUR WINNER.

>> WHILE THESE OTHER KIDS WERE

MEMORIZING DORKY FACTS, I WAS

PLAYING WITH MY KAMAGACHI.

I WAS SHAMING NOT ONLY MY

PARENTS BUT ALL INDIAN PARENTS

EVERYWHERE BECAUSE I WAS A BENC

WARMER!

HONESTLY, THOUGH, I WASN'T A

BENCH WARMER WHEN IT CAME TO

SPORTS, WHICH WAS MY SECOND WAY

OF TACKLING THIS PROBLEM, HOW D

I PULL OFF BEING AN AMERICAN --

AND THE ANSWER WAS SIMPLE, BE A

ATHLETE.

AND THAT WAS EASY FOR ME.

I WAS SHORT.

OBVIOUSLY, NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED

I WAS SHORT, FAST, AND UNLIKE

MOST KIDS, I ACTUALLY GAVE A

CRAP ABOUT PLAYING AND PUT FORT

A GENUINE EFFORT, WHICH GETS YO

REALLY FAR IN CHILDREN'S

ATHLETICS.

THE APPEAL, I THINK IT'S HEARIN

DIFFERENT PEOPLES' EXPERIENCES.

YOU CAN THINK YOU KNOW WHAT

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR WITH A

THEME.

YOU CAN THINK YOU KNOW WHAT

THAT'S GOING TO BE.

THEN SOMEONE WILL COME UP AND

TELL A STORY YOU'RE NOT

EXPECTING AND IT'S NOT YOU'VE

NOT HEARD IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE.

IT'S OFTEN TOUCHING, OFTEN FEWY

SOMETIMES BIZARRE.

>> THE BEST WAY TO EXPERIENCE

THE MOTH IS COME HERE IN PERSON

HEADLINERS IN LOUISVILLE, WHERE

WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE

SEPTEMBER OF 2011.

EVERY MONTH WE'RE HERE THE LAST

TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.

>> I MEAN, IT'S AN HONOR TO

HAVE -- WHEN LOUISVILLE WAS

GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE

TIME, I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST

L.A., DETROIT, CHICAGO AND, OF

COURSE, NEW YORK, AND, YOU KNOW

SUCH A SMALL MARKET CAN HAVE TH

HONOR OF HAVING A MOTH.

I'VE KNOWN FROM RADIO THIS IS

THE FASTEST-GROWING PUBLIC RADI

PROGRAM OUT THERE AND THAT WE

ARE PART OF THE LOCAL STORY

TELLERS GET TO HAVE THE NATIONA

STAGE.

WHAT DOES OWNER WOULDN'T WANT

THAT?

>> BUT I HAD THIS BURNING

QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK.

I WENT OVER AND ASKED MY

TEACHER, MISS SHORT.

I SAID, MISS SHORT, CAN I ASK A

QUESTION?

SHE SAID, NO, YOU'RE NOT A

REPORTER.

I SAID CAN I ASK A REPORTER TO

ASK A QUESTION FOR ME?

SHE SAID YEAH, SO I WENT TO AND

PARKER, HE HAD FUNKY GLASSES AN

REAL LONG HAIR.

I SAID, ANDY, ASK THEM IF THEY

AGREED ON ANYTHING BECAUSE THIS

CONVERSATION IS GOING NOWHERE.

AND BLESS ANDY'S HEART, HE ASKE

THEM JUST LIKE THAT.

HE SAID, DO Y'ALL AGREE ON

ANYTHING BECAUSE THIS

CONVERSATION IS GOING NOWHERE.

I LOOKED OVER AT MISS SHORT,

SURE SHE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME

THE LOOK OF I WAS THE MOST

BRILLIANT KID IN SCHOOL, INSTEA

SHE LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS THE

CRAZIEST KID IN SCHOOL.

AND JIMMY CARTER SAID, WE'RE NO

SUPPOSED TO!

>> MOTH STORIES ARE DONE WELL.

TWOFOLD, ONE, IT'S A PERSONAL

STORY.

SO A GREAT MOTH STORY PUTS THE

STORY TELLER INSIDE THE ACTION.

THEY'RE THE ONE WHO EXPERIENCES

THE ACTION AND PLOT OF THE

STORY, BUT ALSO THEY'RE

TRANSFORMED SOMEHOW BY WHAT

HAPPENED TO THEM AND, ALSO, THA

THEY'RE TRUE.

>> IT'S AN EVENING OF ANALOG

ENTERTAINMENT.

IT'S VERY LOW TECH.

THERE IS NOTHING FANCY ABOUT IT

IT'S STORIES ON A STAGE.

>> THESE AREN'T MONOLOGS,

STANDUP COMEDY, THEATER PIECES,

ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AT THE SAME TIME, ON THE RADIO,

IT ISN'T A PRODUCED PIECE THAT

IS OUT THERE THAT SOMEONE IS

RIDICULOUSLY EDITING AND PUTTIN

TOGETHER AND ADDING A LOT OF

VOICES TO.

SO IT'S A FORM OF STORY TELLING

WHERE IT'S DIRECT ONE PERSON

TELLING A STORY TO A GROUP OF

PEOPLE, BUT IN THIS CASE YOU'RE

TELLING IT AS IF YOU'RE TELLING

IT TO ONE PERSON.

>> BUT THEN HE TOLD ME THAT THIS

BOY WAS 15, AND WHEN SHE CAME

OUT OF THE GROCERY STORE AND HI

FRIENDS SNATCHED THE PURSE AFTE

THIS YOUNG LADY BESIDE OF HIM

AND SHE TURNED AROUND ON HER

CELL PHONE AND SAID YOU DIDN'T

HAVE TO DO THAT!

AND HE SHOT HER IN THE CHEST AN

KILLED HER INSTANTLY.

I HAD TO THINK, WHAT WAS WRONG

WITH HIM?

BECAUSE I HAD TO JUSTIFY AND

UNDERSTAND HOW SOMEONE COULD DO

THAT.

AND I THOUGHT, POSSIBLY HIS

MOMMA SMOKED CRACK, PROBABLY HI

DADDY IS IN PRISON AND HE NEVER

MET HIM.

AND I STARTED TO WEEP IN MY SOU

FOR HIM.

SO I CHOSE THE SIDE OF MERCY

INSTEAD OF VENGEFULNESS.

THANK YOU.

[ APPLAUSE ]

>> IT BECOMES A TRADITION FOR

PEOPLE.

I SEE REGULARS HERE.

I SEE PEOPLE THAT COME BACK

MONTH AFTER MONTH.

WE HAVE REGULAR STORY TELLERS.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW, W

ASK HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE NEVER

BEEN TO THE MOTH BEFORE.

WE GET A GOOD NUMBER OF HANDS

EVERY TIME BUT ALSO A LOT OF

FAMILIAR FACES.

>> IT'S A NICE MIX YOU GET OF

PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE PART,

WANT TO BE A LITTLE MORE

RAUCOUS.

WE DON'T USUALLY GET THAT WITH

PUBLIC RADIO CROWDS AND IT'S

NICE TO GET THAT.

>> ONE OF THE THING I LIKE ABOUT

THE MOTH STORY PLANS IS WE HAVE

A VERY DIFFERENT GROUP.

WE HAVE YOUNG, OLD, ALL

DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES AND SOCIA

AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS BECAUS

THIS IS SOMETHING EVERYBODY CAN

APPRECIATE AND SHARE.

>> I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE

AFTER SHOWS AND THEY TEND TO, I

THINK, NOT ANTICIPATE HOW MUCH

FUN OR HOW LIVELY IT CAN GET.

IT'S A VERY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE

AND IT'S UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE

HAPPENING IN LOUISVILLE OR EVEN

IN MOST CITIES.

>> I THINK, WHEN A CITY GETS THE

MOTH, IT'S A REALLY GOOD

INDICATION THAT THAT CITY HAS A

INCREDIBLE CULTURAL THEME.

FIRST, A CITY DECIDES IF

LOUISVILLE CAN HAVE IT, IT'S A

HUGE INDICATION OF WHERE THIS

CITY IS.

IT'S WHY WE MOVED HERE FROM

NEW YORK.

IT HAS THE EASE AND COMFORT OF

THE SOUTH BUT THE CULTURE OF

NEW YORK CITY.

>> OUR "KENTUCKY LIFE"

Facebook PAGE IS WHERE WE

SHARE STORIES WITH YOU ABOUT

WHERE WE HAVE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE

GOING AND WHAT'S COMING UP ON

THE SHOW.

AND ON OUR WEB SITE AT

ket.org/kentuckylife, YOU WILL

FIND MORE STORIES ABOUT EVENTS

THAT START UP ONLY AFTER THE SU

GOES DOWN.

ON KENTUCKY 672 IN CALDWELL

COUNTY STANDS A MUSEUM.

THE FORMER HOME OF DR. SAVED DA

AMOS, BORN IN COBB COUNTY,

KENTUCKY, OCTOBER 19th, 1857,

DR. AMOS BECAME THE LEADER OF

THE NIGHT NIGHT RIDER MOVEMENT.

HE PROVIDED LEADERSHIP FOR TO

BACK TO FARMERS IN KENTUCKY AND

TENNESSEE.

THIS MARKER TELLS THE STORY OF

AN IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE TO RIGHT

A TERRIBLE WRONG.

DR. AMOS LED AN ORGANIZED

SOCIETY OF DARK TOBACCO FARMERS

IN A VIOLENT RESALT AGAINST THE

LOW PRICES OF TOBACCO IMPOSED B

THE DUKE TRUST.

THE NIGHT RIDER MOVEMENT HELPED

BREAK UP THE TO BACK TO

MONOPOLY.

IN 1911, THE DUKE TRUST WAS

DISSOLVED BY A RULING OF THE

U.S. SUPREME COURT.

DR. DAVID AMOS DIED IN 1915 AND

IS BURIED IN THE MILLWOOD

CEMETERY.

IF YOU'RE A FAN OF THE MUSIC

SCENE IN THE CENTRAL KENTUCKY

AREA, YOU WILL RECOGNIZE SOME

FAMILIAR FACES IN CORALEE AND

THE TOWNIES.

MOST OF THE BAND MEMBERS HAVE

BEEN PLAYING FOR YEARS WITH A

VARIETY OF OTHER LOCAL BANDS.

ALL THAT EXPERIENCE PLUS SOME

STRONG SONGWRITING AND LEAD

VOCALS FROM CORALEE HERSELF

MAKES THE DISTINCTIVE STYLE AND

SOUND THEY CALL HONKY TONK SOUL

>> WE'RE CALLED CORALEE AND THE

TOWNIES BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF

WHAT THE GUYS IN THE BAND ARE.

THEY ARE KIND OF THE

QUINTESSENTIAL MUSICIAN TOWNIES

AND WE KIND OF, AS A JOKE, AS W

WERE GETTING TOGETHER FOR ONE

SHOW, SAID LET'S CALL IT CORALE

AND THE TOWNIES.

>> ONE OF THE GUYS MET CORALEE

AND INVITED HER TO SING WITH US

ONE NIGHT.

I HEARD HER AND SAWS THE

REACTION FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE

AUDIENCE AND KNEW I WANTED TO

PLAY WITH HER AND FOUND OUT WHA

TYPE OF MUSIC SHE WAS GOING FOR

AND WHAT TYPE OF PLAYERS SHE

WANTED.

I HAD BEEN IN THE SCENE FOR A

WHILE AND KNEW A LOT OF THE GUY

AND HELPED HER GET IN CONTACT

WITH THEM AND WE STARTED IT UP.

>> FOR ME, THE LYRICS AND THE

MELODY ARE VERY MUCH MARRIED.

I THINK YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING

VERY SIMPLY AND SAY SOMETHING

VERY SIMPLE, BUT THE CADENCE OF

THE MELODY THAT YOU PUT IT TO

CAN KIND OF TRANSFORM WHAT

YOU'RE SAYING.

SO I WRITE THE MELDY MELODY AND

LYRICS HAND IN HAND.

WE'LL BRING IT TO THE GUYS AND

SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF

THE TYPE OF ENERGY I WANT IT TO

HAVE, AND I TRY TO CONVEY THAT

TO THEM AS BEST AS I CAN, BUT

THEY PICK UP ON WHAT I'M FEELIN

QUICKLY AND THEY ALL WRITE THEI

OWN PARTS.

THEN THE FUN PART IS WHEN WE

TAKE IT TO THE STUDIO OR THE

STAGE AND THAT'S WHEN WE FIND

OUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> THE TYPE OF CROWD THAT SEES

THE TOWNIES IS WIDE-RANGING.

SHE SEEMS TO APPEAL TO YOUNG AN

OLD VERY WELL, WHICH IS GREAT,

BECAUSE YOU CAN GET MORE PEOPLE

TO COME SEE YOU.

>> WHAT I'M ABLE TO PUT FORTH IN

MY SONG WRITING IS WHO I AM ON

THE INSIDE AND HAVING THE BAND

TO REALIZE, LIKE, A WHOLE

SOUNDSCAPE.

I FEEL LIKE I'M ABLE TO REALIZE

MYSELF THROUGH THE MUSIC, AND

IT'S THE CREATIVE BATTLE AND AN

EMOTIONAL OUTLET I REALLY

COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT.

>> I KIND OF CAME UP WITH THE

TERM FOR THE SOUND OF THE BAND.

IT'S SO HONKY TONK.

SHE HAS THIS COUNTRY FLAVOR BUT

SHE'S REALLY SOULFUL.

>> IT'S UNIQUE EVERY SHOW.

IT CREATES AN AESTHETIC FOR US.

I SPEND ABOUT FIVE HOURS ON EAC

ONE.

NO ONE WOULD EVER GUESS I GET

INTO IT.

I LOVE IT.

>> THE TOWNIES CONSIST OF DAVID

WHITE ON THE DRUMS, SMITH

DONELSON ON RHYTHM GUITAR, FRED

ON LEAD AND STEEL GUITAR, AND I

PLAY THE UPRIGHT BASE MOSTLY,

SOMETIMES ELECTRIC.

CORALEE SINGS AND PLAYS GUITAR.

>> I DON'T THINK WE NECESSARILY

TRY TO PUT ON A SHOW OR PROJECT

AN IMAGE.

WE JUST KIND OF ALL TRY TO

PRESENT OURSELVES AT OUR BEST A

WE ARE AND, FORTUNATELY, WE ALL

WORK REALLY WELL TOGETHER.

SO I THINK THAT WHAT I HOPE IS

PEOPLE THINK THEY GOT A LITTLE

BIT OF A PIECE OF US WHEN THEY

WALK AWAY.

>> LATER THIS SEASON, WE'LL HEAR

SOME OF THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

COMING OUT OF PADUCAH'S MUSIC

SCENE.

NEWPORT'S INFAMOUS PAST IS

FAMOUS OF STORIES ABOUT

GANGSTERS DUKING IT OUT WITH

EACH OTHER FOR A BIGGER SLICE O

THE GAMBLING PIE.

THESE DAYS THE HOTTEST RIVALRY

IN THE CITIES TAKES PLACE ON TH

COOL KEYS OF A PIANO.

FOR HIGH ENERGY FUN, GANGSTERS

DUELING PIANO BAR MAKES YOU AN

OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE.

>> THIS IS A GANGSTERS DUELING

PIANO BAR AND RESTAURANT.

WE ARE A DUELING PIANO BARS,

WHICH MEANS THE PLAYERS PLAY

BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER,

ALL REQUESTED SONGS.

WE DO NIGHTLY DRINK AND DINNER

SPECIALS.

GANGSTERS IS KNOWN FOR PRIVATE

AND LARGE PARTIES.

WE DO EVERYTHING FROM

BACHELORETTE TO BIRTHDAY

PARTIES, ANNIVERSARY DINNERS.

YOU CAN COME INDIVIDUALLY.

RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED.

WE DO TWO PEOPLE UP TO FORTY.

IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST BARS I

THE AREA.

THE BAR WRAPS AROUND THE ENTIRE

AREA, AND THE PIANO PLAYERS STA

IN THE CENTER, SO THERE IS NOT

BAD SPOT IN THE ENTIRE HOURS.

OUR ENTERTAINERS ARE BY REQUEST

ONLY, SO WHATEVER OUR GUESTS

WANT TO HEAR, THEY SIMPLY WRITE

IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND SEND

IT TO THE PIANO PLAYERS AND THE

PLAY THE MUSIC OF THE GUEST.

SO IT VARIES EVERY SINGLE NIGHT

ONE NIGHT IT COULD BE COUNTRY,

ANOTHER ALL DANCE MUSIC.

IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO OUR GUEST

WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR.

OUR PIANO PLAYERS ARE FLOWN IN

FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, YOU MA

BE IN VEGAS ONE DAY AND HEAR

THEM AND THE NIEWPT THE NIERPT

THEY HAVE YET TO BE STUMPED.

>> FROM NEWPORT, HEADING SOUTH

TO WHITLEY AND MCCREERY COUNTIE

AND THE NATURAL WONDER THAT HAS

DRAWN PEOPLE FOR HUNDREDS OF

YEARS.

VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

COME TO SEE CUMBERLAND FALLS,

AND MANY TAKE HOME PLENTY PHOTO

OF THE FALLS AND OF THE

CUMBERLAND FALLS STATE PARK.

IT'S THE FAMOUS MOONBOW AND THE

CHALLENGE OF CAPTURING IT ON

FILM THAT BRINGS PEOPLE BACK TO

THE FALLS AGAIN AND AGAIN.

CUMBERLAND FALLS, THE NIAGARA O

THE SOUTH.

AS SPECTACULAR AS IT IS IN THE

DAYTIME, THE FALLS PUTS ON

ANOTHER SHOW ON CLEAR NIGHTS

DURING FULL MOONS.

IT'S CALLED THE MOONBOW, OR

LUNAR RAINBOW.

>> AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE MIST

THAT COMES OFF THE FALL COMES

UP, AND THE LIGHT FROM THE MOON

FILTERS THROUGH AND CREATES THE

MOONBOW.

YOU CAN'T SEE COLOR IN IT

USUALLY UNTIL YOU DEVELOP YOUR

PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT THEN IT HAS AL

THE COLORS IN IT.

THE COLORS OF A RAINBOW.

THE MOONBOW HAPPENS EVERY MONTH

USUALLY FOR FIVE DAYS, IF THE

SKIES ARE OPEN.

>> CUMBERLAND FALLS IS THE ONLY

PLACE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

WHERE YOU CAN SEE A MOONBOW ON

REGULAR BASIS.

>> OUR FALLS ARE NOT

ARTIFICIALLY LIT.

WE DON'T HAVE LIGHTS ON THEM IN

THE EVENING TO LIGHT THEM UP

LIKE THEY DO AT NIAGARA FALLS

AND YOSEMITE FALLS.

VICTORIA FALLS LOST THEIR

MOONBOW WHEN THEY HAD AN

EARTHQUAKE.

THE ROCKS NO LONGER SUPPORT THE

FALLS IN THE SAME WAY SO THAT,

WHEN THE LIGHT IS FILTERED

THROUGH THE MIST, IT DOESN'T

LIGHT IT UP AS A MOONBOW ANY

LONGER.

MOST PEOPLE DO NOT GIVE

THEMSELVES ENOUGH TIME HERE.

THEY THINK THAT, BY LOOKING AT

THE SCHEDULE THAT WE POST, WHIC

IS A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY, THA

THEY CAN COME IN THOSE FEW SHOR

HOURS AND GET IT.

THEY NEED TO COME.

THEY NEED TO SPEND THEIR WEEKEN

HERE OR THEIR WEEK, BECAUSE IT

HAPPENED TWO DAYS BEFORE A FULL

MOON DURING, AND TWO DAYS AFTER

THE FULL MOON, THERE IS THE

LIKELIHOOD OF A MOONBOW.

IF THEY WOULD COME AND STAY IN

THE LODGE AND THE SURROUNDINGS,

DO OUR TRAILS, ENJOY EVERYTHING

THAT WE HAVE HERE, THEY WOULD

HAVE A MUCH BETTER TRIP PLUS A

MORE OF A CHANCE TO GET THE

MOONBOW.

>> THIS PHENOMENON DRAWS EXPERT

PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM ALL OVER THE

WORLD.

CHARLIE BAGLIN IS A TALENTED

KENTUCKY PHOTOGRAPHER WHOSE

COLLECTIONS INCLUDE THE FALLS.

IT'S THE MOONBOW THAT BRINGS

CHARLIE BACK TIME AFTER TIME.

>> I HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR A

FEW YEARS TO COME DOWN AND SEE

THE MOONBOW.

IT'S A PIECE OF MAGIC THAT YOU

DON'T GET THE PRIVILEGE TO DO

VERY OFTEN IN LIFE, AND TO COME

DOWN AND SEE IT AND BE ABLE TO

TAKE IT HOME ON CAMERA, THAT'S

PIECE OF WORK.

YOUR BEST FRIEND, WHEN YOU'RE

PHOTOGRAPHING THE MOONBOW, IS A

TRIPOD BECAUSE THE EXPOSURE TO

GET THE IMAGE PROPERLY COULDN'T

BE TWO, THREE, FOUR MINUTES,

DEPENDING ON THE CAMERA, BUT

THERE IS NO WAY TO HANDHOLD A

SHOT FOR THAT LONG.

SO YOUR TRIPOD IS REALLY YOUR

BEST FRIEND.

IT CAN REALLY BRING THAT

EXPOSURE STEADILY.

WHEN YOU'RE TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH

AT NIGHT, INSTANTLY YOU THINK,

OH, IT'S DARK, I BETTER TURN ON

THE FLASH.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT IS WHEN

YOU'RE PHOTOGRAPHING THE MOONBO

BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS

TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH OF LIGHT.

IF THAT'S A CANDLELIGHT, IF

THAT'S A REFLECTION, YOU'RE

TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH OF RAYS OF

LIGHT AS THEY COME THROUGH THE

BRANCHES EARLY IN THE MORNING.

ANY ARTIFICIAL LIGHT SOURCE IS

JUST GOING TO WASH IT OUT.

THE SAME THING WITH A FLASH ON

YOUR CAMERA.

IT'S GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH A

PICTURE OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE FOG,

AND THAT'S THE MIST COMING OUT

OF THE PLUNGE BASIN OF THE

FALLS.

>> STEVE SHAFFER MAKES HIS

LIVING AS A PROFESSIONAL

PHOTOGRAPHER.

HIS CAREER TOOK HIM FROM

NEWSPAPER PHOTOJOURNALIST TO KE

AS THE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER.

>> WHAT I USE AT THE MOONBOW IS

USUALLY A DIGITAL SLR, ALWAYS O

A TRIPOD, USUALLY REALLY SLOW

SHUTTER SPEEDS.

MY SETTINGS USUALLY STAY PRETTY

CONSISTENT.

WITH THE CAMERAS I HAVE, THEY'R

USUALLY PRETTY SENSITIVE, AND I

KEEP THE ISO OR THE FILM SPEED

USUALLY AT 400 ASA OR 640 ASA.

USUALLY, I CAN GET A 30-SECOND

EXPOSURE AT F4, F4-5, 5-6.

IT WILL CHANGE FROM TRIP TO

TRIP, DEPENDING ON HOW BRIGHT

THE MOON IS.

BUT IN THAT BALLPARK IS USUALLY

WHERE I STICK, AND I'VE GOTTEN

PRETTY GOOD RESULTS SO FAR.

THIS IS MY -- THIS YEAR, THIS I

MY FOURTH OR FIFTH TRIP DOWN

HERE TO SEE THE MOONBOW.

IT'S ALWAYS A PRETTY COOL TRIP.

I MEAN, THERE IS ALWAYS LOTS OF

NICE PEOPLE.

THERE IS ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO HAVE

NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE, WHICH IS

REALLY COOL TO TALK TO THOSE

PEOPLE.

>> I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE

FALLS AS FAR BACK AS I CAN

REMEMBER, NEVER TIRING OF THE

SCENERY HERE.

FOR ME AND COUNTLESS OTHERS,

IT'S A PLACE WHERE LIFELONG

MEMORIES ARE MADE, EITHER BY DA

OR NIGHT.

A TRIP TO SEE THE MOONBOW AT

CUMBERLAND FALLS IS A FUN,

FAMILY ADVENTURE, AND KENTUCKY

STATE PARKS, ARBORETUMS AND

NATURE PRESERVES HAVE WAYS WE

CAN ENJOY NATURE AT NIGHT ALL

THROUGH THE YEARS.

THERE ARE HIKES TO SEE NOCTURNA

BIRDS AND ANIMALS, STAR GAZING

AND EVEN MOONLIGHT CANOE TRIPS.

NIGHTTIME IS DEFINITELY THE

RIGHT TIME TO ENJOY KENTUCKY'S

NATURAL WONDERS.

WE HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED TONIGHT'

SHOW AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIM

RIGHT HERE ON "KENTUCKY LIFE."