>> 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."