5/25/10
5/24/10
5/17/10
Washington DC's Greatest Weakness
In lieu of the rainy Monday that we have here today in the Northern Virginia area, I decided to take a moment to find the pictures I took with my phone from back in February, both here in VA and also in NY.
This was the second major storm in a short period of time. I had learned that Virginia and the capitol basically shut down. And by basically, I mean literally. Now granted, there was a substantial amount of snow, but I'll have you know that NY was also hit very hard...and the pictures here are worth a thousand words.
Above: Milk at a grocery store in NY day before the big snow storm hit
Above: Milk at a grocery store in VA day before the big snow storm hit
Above: Salad at a grocery store in VA day before the big snow storm hit
Above: My street at home the DAY AFTER the storm hit NY
Above: My street at home the DAY AFTER the storm hit NY
Above: My street in VA 6 DAYS AFTER the storm hit VA
Above: My street in VA 6 DAYS AFTER the storm hit VA
Above: My street in VA, finally clear, 10 DAYS AFTER the storm hit VA
This was the second major storm in a short period of time. I had learned that Virginia and the capitol basically shut down. And by basically, I mean literally. Now granted, there was a substantial amount of snow, but I'll have you know that NY was also hit very hard...and the pictures here are worth a thousand words.
Above: Milk at a grocery store in NY day before the big snow storm hit
Above: Milk at a grocery store in VA day before the big snow storm hit
Above: Salad at a grocery store in VA day before the big snow storm hit
Above: My street at home the DAY AFTER the storm hit NY
Above: My street at home the DAY AFTER the storm hit NY
Above: My street in VA 6 DAYS AFTER the storm hit VA
Above: My street in VA 6 DAYS AFTER the storm hit VA
Above: My street in VA, finally clear, 10 DAYS AFTER the storm hit VA
5/12/10
Light Painting
If any of you have seen my Flickr before, then the following post is old news! But I wanted to share this for those who haven't seen it.
Light-painting is a cool element in photography that I learned about while taking a film photography class while out in California (at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo). The teacher of the class was a cool guy and showed us some of his own work that he shot while in one of the national parks a few hours away. In a few of the photos he took at night, he used a long exposure (camera is open for a longer time, aka slow shutter speed) and used a large spotlight to literally "paint" the trees. He used color film covers to change the color of the light that he was "painting" the trees with light. I think this is a really cool intersection of PAINTING and PHOTOGRAPHY. Because it is dark out, the lens can be open longer and light is slowly let into the camera, thus you can manipulate it.
Above is an experimental shot I took while still at my house. So it wasn't perfect, but it gives the concept for what I was going to be doing. Because it was so dark, I have enough time to run in front of the camera, kneel down, and use a flashlight to literally paint the letters and/or image I am trying to create.
Hope you enjoy the photos! They take some time to get right, but once you do...it is very cool stuff.
TRY IT AT HOME!
Grab your camera when its dark out and give it a try. You can change the exposure time by going into the manual setting (cannot do on AUTO setting). My old point and shoot camera had the option to do up to 8 seconds - which is enough time to experiment! If you have a Digital SLR it is much easier. Two options: use the M (manual) or T (shutter speed) and set the time to either a few seconds, 30 seconds if it's very dark, or use the BULB setting if you know how to (I have a shutter release cable that locks - so I can do a long-exposure shot for an hour if I wanted)
If you don't feel like going out into the middle of a city after midnight and looking quite foolish to people, then try a dark room inside first and use a flash light - or even a cell phone.
It will look something like this if you do a circular motion...
Light-painting is a cool element in photography that I learned about while taking a film photography class while out in California (at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo). The teacher of the class was a cool guy and showed us some of his own work that he shot while in one of the national parks a few hours away. In a few of the photos he took at night, he used a long exposure (camera is open for a longer time, aka slow shutter speed) and used a large spotlight to literally "paint" the trees. He used color film covers to change the color of the light that he was "painting" the trees with light. I think this is a really cool intersection of PAINTING and PHOTOGRAPHY. Because it is dark out, the lens can be open longer and light is slowly let into the camera, thus you can manipulate it.
Above is an experimental shot I took while still at my house. So it wasn't perfect, but it gives the concept for what I was going to be doing. Because it was so dark, I have enough time to run in front of the camera, kneel down, and use a flashlight to literally paint the letters and/or image I am trying to create.
Hope you enjoy the photos! They take some time to get right, but once you do...it is very cool stuff.
TRY IT AT HOME!
Grab your camera when its dark out and give it a try. You can change the exposure time by going into the manual setting (cannot do on AUTO setting). My old point and shoot camera had the option to do up to 8 seconds - which is enough time to experiment! If you have a Digital SLR it is much easier. Two options: use the M (manual) or T (shutter speed) and set the time to either a few seconds, 30 seconds if it's very dark, or use the BULB setting if you know how to (I have a shutter release cable that locks - so I can do a long-exposure shot for an hour if I wanted)
If you don't feel like going out into the middle of a city after midnight and looking quite foolish to people, then try a dark room inside first and use a flash light - or even a cell phone.
It will look something like this if you do a circular motion...
5/6/10
Nets
Well, since there are no more Haiti photos to share, I will be posting some of my favorites and some new shots as well. Sometimes I will give a pointer on how I like to take a certain shot, but sometimes I may just give a photo! So enjoy one or both of those things!
5/4/10
March 19, 2010: Petit-Goâve, Haiti and Pèsin, Haiti Part 4
This will be my last post for my Haiti trips and accompanying photos, that is until I take another trip! Which I will do. I hope you have enjoyed them all and that they have helped you make a connection to a people and place quite far from us, yet personally so close to my heart.
These pictures are from the second half of March 19th, on our trip into Port Au Prince. I posted pictures from the first day, which helped paint a picture of the damage. For those who got a chance to look at my earlier posts from my first trip, I had photos from Petit-Goâve and the damage to that city. It was getting dark out so I had to take the shots at a higher ISO (most are either 800 or 1600) - so I apologize for them being a bit grainy, I don't really like photos being grainy! If you didn't even notice, well that's okay too.
Keep praying for Haiti. For Port-Au-Prince, Petit-Goâve, and the small town of Pèsin...
These pictures are from the second half of March 19th, on our trip into Port Au Prince. I posted pictures from the first day, which helped paint a picture of the damage. For those who got a chance to look at my earlier posts from my first trip, I had photos from Petit-Goâve and the damage to that city. It was getting dark out so I had to take the shots at a higher ISO (most are either 800 or 1600) - so I apologize for them being a bit grainy, I don't really like photos being grainy! If you didn't even notice, well that's okay too.
Keep praying for Haiti. For Port-Au-Prince, Petit-Goâve, and the small town of Pèsin...
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