340/365 - Jim - Travel Lights

( f/16 112mm 3 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

I left for Canada this day and didn't have any time to take a proper photo. This was taken in the car on the ride up there. It was just the car lights in front of us and looked very boring, so I did a little Photoshop effect to make it less boring.

332/365 - Jim - Parabolas

( f/22 10.5mm over 100 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

I didn't know what to photograph tonight, so I looked at my email and found an article on fun light painting. I cut a piece of fishing line and tied it to an LED flashlight. Then tied the other end to the ceiling and used my fisheye lens directly below it. A good toss of the flashlight and then I opened the shutter with the cable release and let it go for at least a minute and a half. I think I would have gotten some better results with a rope that would go back to center faster than what fishing line did, but some of them turned out alright. Here are the best four.

256/365 - Jim - Light Painted Guitar

( f/8 29mm 4.3 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

I got inspired yesterday after watching some photography webcasts. The one guy did a lot of painting with light and the photos looked pretty awesome. Painting with light consists of a small light source, usually a flashlight, and a long shutter speed. Once the shutter is open, you move the flashlight around the places you want to be lit. For this shot I opened the shutter and wiggled my small mag light around over the guitar and slightly the background in an arch pattern to give it a natural vignette. I did this about 80 times until I got exactly the look I was after.

229/365 - Jim - Parking Lot Light

( f/22 48mm 1/160 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

I took my camera with me shopping today. After we left Kohl's I parked in the end of the lot so Carol could feed Nolan. I got out and took some photos of the parking lot lines thinking that would be my photo today. Then I looked around to see what else I could photograph. Finally I looked up and took this shot. I did some major processing in Lightroom to bring out the details, especially in the sky. It looks almost like a painting to me. I wish I had taken a picture of just the clouds...

136/365 - Jim - Groovy

( f/8 105mm 1/250 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

My downstairs bathroom is in need of some updating. This is the light over the sink. It's like something out of the 70's or the person that installed it liked Tron a lot. On the other hand, I kind of like it in an odd way. It is interesting to look at...

062/365 - Jim - My Spin on Christmas

( f/18 10.5mm 16 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

I have a Christmas tree with a spinning base. For this shot I used my fisheye lens and sent the tree spinning. The shutter was open for 16 seconds to get this wild effect. Now I must decorate it...

061/365 - Jim - Lit Path Home

( f/18 24mm 47 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

Theme is automobile. I didn't take anything while it was daylight, and I didn't want to do another studio shot. So I had Carol drive down the road and back home. I put my camera on a tripod and set it to Manual mode. The shutter was set to bulb and I held in the cable release as she drove toward me. I would like to someday take a photo from a tall building down onto a busy street and get several streaks of light. I just haven't found the right building...