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 an exercise in creating “something …
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 Summer colors. As I …
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! The possibilities for various …
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 then several copies, flips …
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 set up suggestions: Be …
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. For a cloudy, calm …
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. The elements of wind, …
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 of images that are …
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 smoke and create some …
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 is no longer published …