No Remote? No Problem.

A quick cell phone pic of the setup from my Night Lights photo.  The whole photo outing was planned with the intention of doing long exposures, and I forgot my remote... meaning I'd be limited to 30 seconds exposures max.  Not good.  Luckily Ruben had encountered this same problem before and had a solution-- a rubber band and a wadded up piece of paper.  Wrapped tight enough the rubber band will pull the paper down onto the shutter release button and hold it for however long you want.  Definitely cumbersome, especially when working in the dark, but it worked!