Photographer & Artist "Every great inspiration is but an experiment." (Charles Ives) _ I hope my "experimental" images will help to inspire you.
I bet many of you … can relate to being “stuck” sometimes, creatively. Here’s a trick I use to get the creative juices flowing and also rediscover what is possible in our software. This was just …
To Begin With… This is a project that started with a sedum plant that I gathered from a friends flower garden in the late Fall. The plants were naturally dried and had lost much of their …
Light Weaving Composite. This is a composite of the off center trace in this blog post. I made multiple copies of the trace as I rotated the image in Photoshop. The result is this Physiogram flower! …
Who could be naughty with a face like this? Just having fun with a nautilus shell composite. The Composite Story: – Original nautilus shell slice image taken on a light box (old slide viewer) and …
Let’s Swing Into It! If you are fascinated with creating geometric images, these light paintings (physiograms) offer a way to let gravity and a natural pendulum motion do the work for you. Here are some basic …
Essential Equipment – Whether you travel far to find your favorite flowers or they happen to grow in your back yard, there are a few pieces of equipment that can help you capture that perfect image. …
Start with a Vision – This particular composite started as a quest to build a boat from smoke images. My original vision was of a large square rigger or perhaps a pirate vessel or a Viking ship. …
How This Image Was Made – In this 2nd installment of Smoke Photography, I will show you an easy way to create this image. Composites are usually a combination of two or more images or parts …
How to Get Started – If you are attracted to the natural curves and curls of smoke and want to have a neat activity for a rainy day, read on to discover one way to photograph …
New Beginnings. The “Dawn in the Sedum Woods” image (above) was created for the cover photo for the January 2013 edition of the Creative Photography eMiniMagazine. The theme for the month was ~New Beginnings~. While the e-Mag …
North Shore Drive. The North Shore Drive of Lake Superior in Minnesota is one of my favorite places to visit and photograph. These two views of Lake Superior were taken from almost the same place. Many …
Man’s Best Friend – And low maintenance too! My new pet. This theme week always reminds me of “creatures & flips”… and lots of fun! The Composite Story This puppy “creature” was conceived as a physiogram… in …