This photo inspired me by the rustic fill of the area and the very neat lights. I took this shot while eating lunch. I love the way the lights hit the tables and reflected onto other surfaces around.

On the topic of shadows, I was interested in seeing what happens when you subject is moving and how the shadows react to movement in the images. I was able to get a nice panning effect on the biker and still get a nice crisp shadow, I would be interested to see what effects different lighting and panning.

I really enjoy using sunlight at dusk to create extremely hard shadows that almost act as new dimensions to an image that would otherwise lack good depth and perception.

Shadows!

So, I was looking through some of my old pictures and I came across this one! I took it a little while ago for one of my classes. The assignment was to "transform the human body into a landscape". I used two light clamps as my light source and draped a black sheet around him for the back drop. Luckily, "Mike" the model, had lots of beautiful and huge muscles that I could shine the light on to create all of the great shadows! The contrast between the shadows and highlights allowed for me to transform his back and shoulders into a landscape that can almost look lie a mountain range (if you think creatively lol). Maybe this will help to inspire someone while we work with our lighting on Wednesday!

I also, took this for the landscape assignment! And just like the first one, the shadows help to portray a landscape/abstract feel....

Ditte Isager

One day, while hard at work obviously, I was browsing through different design blogs because, well, I'm slightly obsessed with interior design.  I somehow stumbled across the work of Ditte Isager and was absolutely blown away by his work.  I know what I'm about to say is incredibly cheesy, but his work is what I dream of being able to produce one day.  When I saw this one photo in particular, I just absolutely fell in love.  I have a love for interior design and a love for nature so naturally I fell in love with this. All of his work is incredible, though, and I encourage everyone to check it out.

Painting Wth Light

I am not at all famous, not even a little, even though I get waved at a lot, usually a confused moment where I can't remember someone's name.
It seems to happen at Kroger. Awkward.
I am not a professional paid photographer (YET) and have never published, admired, or written of for any photograph I have ever taken.
I was approached for a wedding that became a symbol of JUNO, the chick was not pregnant, but young enough that her mom had to hand her the bottle of champagne behind Grandma's back, which is why I did not mind the couple of hundred bucks to shoot something that looked a lot like Party City throwing up.
But, I have had two fans, Lola and Kat, who tell me I am a genius, seriously. They say I will one day take pictures of Lady Gaga, eagerly await my shots to appear on the view screen, scream in excitement when we picked out my book bag for my first day at the Circus.They make me believe. They make me want to cry for hope I will not let them down. I leave them to make my mark, to dream while they wait behind, their little noses pushing up the blinds, watching the driveway from the back bedroom, a thumb up and a kiss blown as I depart every day for school or class.
Lola said she hoped I got fired from photo school since she missed me but Kat consoled her saying, "Lola, mom is going to school so we can have a pool."

This, my dear new photo friends, is why I love to paint with light.

Amon Tobin

I wanted to share this video by Amon Tobin. It is a music video, but I feel like it is very photography driven with the very little movement in each scene. All of the scenes have very distinct and soft light. I find this video highly inspirational!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlYBPuHeZxw

water and light

I went out walking this morning and really loved the way the sun was playing off of the different points of water from the fountain. The sunlight washing over and reflecting off the wet pavement really offset the shadowed pavement, also. Like Kristy said, the science of light is awesome!

Her EGGO is PREGO

I really think pregnancy photos are the best! They really make me happy when i see two people getting excited about bringing a new life into the world. The one photographer really captured the moment really well and i just wanted to share. here is the address and the picture.

http://www.amypricephotographyblog.com/

Star Light

This is a picture I took this summer in Destin, Fl. My friend and I were just making dinner and happened to look out the window and I had to take a picture. The opening in the clouds in the middle looks like a star to me. I thought it was such a cool shape in the clouds and I really liked how it looked with the light shinning through on such a cloudy day.

Natural Light

I was just sitting outside admiring the sky the other night and looked up and had to take this photo of the amazing light casting through the sky behind a tree. I was real inspired by this natural light. Taken by my iphone.

By Tiffany Hudgins

Bubbles

I saw this over the summer and thought it was really awesome. It is one of a series of bubble pictures by Richard Heeks. The colors are so pretty and I think it's really cool to see what is reflected in the bubble - trees, people, and the buildings. This really made me interested in taking pictures not only for what is obvious, but also for the reflections and things you see when looking back at the image.

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

I just ran across Philip-Lorca diCorcia the other day. I fell in love with the lighting and his content in his photographs. His pictures I found extremely intriguing, due to the fact that he mixes things I would have never even thought of. Philip's works are so original! It's nothing I have ever seen before! I thought I would share :)

http://www.thecollectiveshift.com/show/portfolio/diCorcia

The temperature of light at sunset

The sunlight was streaming in the back door at sunset creating a warm spotlight on this ceramic owl. It was almost like a spotlight lighting up only this area of the porch creating a warm dramatic feeling.

Parish Kohanim and More Sun:)

This was taken from my phone at 445 pm back in May 2010. I was coming back from the Atlanta airport and looked up out my back seat window and captured this.

I attended the Parish Kohanim lecture over the weekend and was inspired greatly. Though his photography is not exactly my style...I was motivated to further my relationship with light. I am a believer in not using PS to fix crappy pics. I think you should have a great foundation to build from, but what I want to do this quarter is try to nail lighting to the point that I don't HAVE to have PS to make a great photo reveal a dramatic impact. By the way...light science and magic rocks!