Archive for January, 2010

Floral Study №3: Sunflower

{click image to view large} Still stuck indoors with frigid temperatures and no snow cover—read, “messy and severely clear”—this image is another experiment with light painting. One advantage in winter is time to explore things pushed to the back burner during nice weather, such as FocalPoint 2. (I don’t yet have a Lensbaby.) Green R:62 [...]

Posted on January 28, 2010 at 6:23 pm by April · Permalink · 4 Comments
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Floral Study №2: Exposed

{click image to view large} Continuing to explore the idea of “floral nudes”, this image is back lit with a Mini Maglite which can focus down to a spot. (Choose black, so it won’t show up when painting with light! My first was red; oops.) The flashlight was diffused with a filter from Roscoe’s free [...]

Posted on January 24, 2010 at 5:17 pm by April · Permalink · 9 Comments
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Floral Study №1

{click image to view large} This image is the start of an investigation into what I hope will become a series of floral “nudes”. Photographed under low illumination with a touch of light painting, the intent was to emphasize the curve of the “spine”. It’s early days yet, but at the very least I expect [...]

Posted on January 22, 2010 at 9:14 am by April · Permalink · 4 Comments
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Still Life with Glass №1

{click image to view large} The other day, I began to experiment with light painting for The Mindful Eye Assignment #20. This image is  the result of using a tiny LED taped to a chopstick as a “brush” in a darkened room. Each stroke was about 1 second up and 1 second down: 169 s [...]

Posted on January 12, 2010 at 9:26 am by April · Permalink · 9 Comments
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Untitled №1 (2010)

{click image to view large} Setting up to try some light painting in a darkened room, I looked through the viewfinder to check the stage—and got distracted by this scene. — Colors of the day: Dark gray R:85 G:89 B:99 Medium gray R:120 G:134 B:139 Brown R:137 G:126 B:119

Posted on January 8, 2010 at 5:12 pm by April · Permalink · 10 Comments
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Happy New Year!

{click image to view large} The other night, while walking home, I had fun with holiday lights. This image is the result of panning 1/4 sec. hand held @ f5.6, ISO 3200—and makes me think of fireworks. May you enjoy many wondrous opportunities to photograph throughout the coming year! — Colors of the day: Red [...]

Posted on January 1, 2010 at 4:17 pm by April · Permalink · 9 Comments
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