Archive for September, 2011
This is an antique Ford, though I’m not sure exactly what, that took place in a family photo shoot I had a few weeks ago. It was left in the back field rotting away. It’s unfortunate, because it could be, or would have been, such a beautiful vehicle. I think this one in particular might be beyond repair, though. But it made a great Friday photo (#23 or so) in my 52 week project. In this case, I reduced the saturation to almost have no color at all, but left just a little to reflect the dying/fading nature of this car. Let me know what you think in the comments.
Dying Ford
Tags: 52 week project, antique, car, dying, Ford, lost, old
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Here is a bonus photo for this week. Last night I was driving home in the dark and saw the Aurora Borealis, aka the Northern Lights. I haven’t seen this phenomenon in a few years so I obviously had to jump at the chance to photograph them. Problem was, by the time I got out in the dark area and set up, they were mostly faded away. But I still ended up with this result. I was also able to fit in Ursa Major, aka the Big Dipper. Hope you like it.
Aurora Borealis
Tags: aurora borealis, landscape, night, sky, stars, ursa major
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I am going to leave it up to you to interpret this photo in whatever way you want. It is pretty obvious WHAT it is a photo of, but look beyond that. In every image there are feelings and thoughts. Sometimes you should look beyond the surface. What makes art? What do you think of when you look at it? What do you think of the photograph itself? Is it good or terrible? How does it make you feel? Sound off in the comments section. I’d love to hear your interpretation.
Tags: abstract, animal, goat, head, photo, processed
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My wife I mean. This is actually a lighting test shot from my blog post earlier this week, but has now become my latest in my 52 week project (that just so happened to be on hold for about a month!). So Melissa was holding our second son, Damien, while I got everything set up as I needed. So she wasn’t really paying much attention to me, though Damien was very fascinated with everything I did. So, I liked how this looked at the beginning, but then somehow, I think it was the background, it reminded me of a renaissance chiaroscuro painting. So I cropped to a square orientation, did some color adjustments and other stuff to further create this look. For some reason or other I also gave a slight burnt edge appearance. I think this turned out quite well for what I was going for. What are your thoughts?
Renaissance Portrait
Tags: 52 week project, chiaroscuro, lighting, portrait, Renaissance, strobe
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Back in the summer of 2010, I picked myself up a Optek 5-in-1 light reflector
on amazon. It was probably the cheapest I could find in the size I wanted with as many modifiers in one piece as possible. It has a diffuser as the innermost circle, with different types of covers for different modifiers. The cover that zips over the diffuser is gold on one side and white on the other side. Then if the cover is flipped it has black on one side and silver on the other. At full size it is 43″ in diameter, but handily it folds down to be 1/3rd that size. Here I have a photo showing all the different modifiers in one. Most of them are self-explanatory as to what they are, but I will say that the diffuser is the one on the floor and the white cover reflector is the one behind my head.
The great thing about these are they can be used for so many different purposes. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: light modifier, lighting, portrait, reflector, strobe
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