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Monday, December 8, 2008
Ari Ghost by M.McKennedy
I call this photograph ‘Ari Ghost‘. I asked Ari if he wanted to take some ‘funky’ pictures and he agreed. This one involved a tripod and a small flashlight. The photo was taken in the dark with two seconds of exposure time. Ari waved a red-bulbed flashlight in front of his face as Kai pointed another (white light) flashlight at Ari’s forehead (which explains the white splotch on the head) while the photo was being taken. His reaction, “I look like a ghost!” I asked him if this could become my “picture of the day” and he happily agreed.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Teeth by M.McKennedy
This one came with a little help from my good friend desperation. It was getting late in the evening and I wasn’t completely certain that I had my ‘Photo Of The Day’ for the Things I Saw Photo Gallery (more about the gallery here) so I decided to do a self portrait (this is not the first time I resorted to self portraits either back in June I posted a photo of my own eye). I photographed my own teeth in a mirror. I shot about ten photographs and after selecting what I considered the ‘best’ image I rotated it one hundred and eighty degrees and then inverted it using photo editing software. I probably even adjusted the levels too, as this is typically one of my first adjustments to any photograph I shoot.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
DVD Experiment by M.McKennedy
Since I work during most of the daylight hours in a given day I have been forced to explore the ‘dark side’ of photography – as in, the side without light!
This photograph was shot on a tripod, in the dark in my livingroom. What you see here (and if you click on the image you will see a larger view) is the result of me holding a DVD (reflective side toward the camera) with a red-bulbed flashlight shining on the DVD for six seconds of exposure time. The DVD was placed in the bottom right-hand corner of the frame as the exposure began and I slowly moved the DVD across the plane of the frame causing the ‘dragging’ effect.
