Archive for the ‘light’ tag
Suburbia 242/365: Order
Modern Suburbia along with its Home Owners Associations are an attempt at enforcing order. There are regulations on yards, roof pitch angles, percentage of the front of your home that has to be brick, the list goes on and on. I live in a place governed by such regulations and understand what they are trying to do, but I no longer agree entirely with the forced sameness of everything.
197/365: Spin
Camping Girl
This is a shot of Brinci just outside of our campground while we were at Zion National Park.
I didn’t use any powered lighting for this portrait, the sun was in the back and I had a silver reflector in the front camera left.
Get Out Of Here 110/365: Abstract
17/365 – Electronics
Not a first frame. This shot took a few practice shots to get the lighting correct. It was my first serious attempt at light painting. I’m a huge fan of Lost America and attempted to mimic some of his technique. Obviously, he is popular for a reason as he makes these type of photos truly art. It was however, quite a bit of fun.
This is my Reflection entry to the 2009 Photo Challenge hosted by PhotoChallenge.org.
Painting with Light
I’ve heard photography described as painting with light. I sometimes think (incorrectly) that to paint with light you have to have a lot of it around you. As a result, it has been a struggle for me lately to photograph anything I consider interesting.
Today it is December 20, the second shortest day of the year. Over the past few weeks, it has been dark when I’ve left for work, it has been dark when I’ve come home leaving me with what I have considered very little time to photograph anything. I feel that I’ve been missing an opportunity to possibly stretch myself by forcing me to look for new ways to capture subjects. As a result, I’m going to attempt to capture at least three night photos this week. I’d really like to commit to doing one per day, but with Christmas coming up this week, I don’t want anything to take precedence over spending time with my family.
The photos I’m publishing today don’t fit the theme of this post, but having nostalgia for warmer brighter days, I was reviewing some of my fall photographs and chose to include these two:
