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Ok, so you were lead to believe that I only captured one image that I liked from my backyard tonight. Well, here’s another one.
If you haven’t figured it out yet, I really enjoy producing monochrome images. I feel the brain has more capability to focus on a subject’s form when it’s not overloaded with multi-chromatic (is that a word?) information. Just recently I started to experiment with warm-toned monochromatic images by actually starting with a sepia preset in Lightroom. I then tweaked it quite a bit to my liking. Some other trends of mine you’ll start to notice are vignetting (no good reason, I just like it), high contrast, and once deep blues pushed as close to black as I can get them.
Remember, this is a place for experimentation. If you think I’ve gone off the deep end with any of these, please say so. However, maybe it’s you who’s catapulting into the deep. 
Have a great weekend!
Have a great weekend!
It’s only day number three, and I’m already having trouble coming up with something to post. I could blame it on a number of reasons…from my current crazy work schedule to my loads of fun grocery shopping at Wally World (I’m sure you can sense the sarcasm through the 1’s and 0’s). Either way, it is the perfect position in which to be. This is exactly what I was looking for…a challenge.
I’m actually pretty excited about this image. It was inspired by landscape photographer William Neill who has been building a large body of work he has entitled Impressions of Light. The process is actually quite simple, technically. It mainly involves moving the camera in different directions during the exposure. These movements could be drastic or very minor, depending on the desired effect. However, you still need to monitor exposure, since you’re fundamentally still capturing the levels and color of light. This process definitely involves a great deal of experimentation (good thing this is a lab), which is only made easier with the instant feedback of digital photography.
As you know, I’m attempting to be deliberate about discovering intriguing images in my immediate world. Since I was pressed for time tonight, this was actually captured in my backyard. I took about fifteen additional shots, and this is the only one I really enjoyed. Of course to create the mood, some development was required utilizing Adobe Lightroom.
I hope to create many more of these impressionistic images in the future. It’s very relaxing and enjoyable since you’re not consumed with perfect focus, depth of field, and so on. I think all photographers should ‘let their hair down’ and play once in a while. Give this a try, and discover the inner Monet that may be held hostage deep down.
