This gem of a skatepark is two minutes away from my house and never really crowded. I'm starting to take more and more andvantage of that. Not with my camera, but with my skateboard.
Beach at Night
A while ago I visited a website of an artist who takes pictures in total darkness doing exposures for hours. The images are very intriguing, and that's I guess why I still remember this. I will post a link once I've found it again.
So here is the story. A couple of days ago, Cagil and I went to the beach and after the sun was gone, I tried to do something like that. Because of the lanterns on the near boardwalk, it was not totally dark and I only needed to do exposures of around 15 minutes with ISO 100.
This is what it looks like.
The white blurry areas are the waves obviously. The little light in the back blinked from time to time, which came out quite bright.
Also interesting: besides a lot of grain, you can see how the stars "move" on the sky because of earth rotation.
And what I found most surprising: Because of the light from the near boardwalk, you can actually see a very ghosty shadow of my tripod on top of the blurry waves. This is on the right side of the image.
Matting Workshop
You know what? Today I learned everything about how to mat photographs. A workshop that was hosted by the Princeton Photography Club. I also got to know some new people and learned that some members are familiar with my website. So let me quickly thank you guys for organizing this. I think it was very valuable for everybody. If you want to find out a bit about what matting is all about, I have this link for you.
I guess my next step would be getting a cutter (like this one) and get started.
Wallstreet
Date: April 07
Location: Wallstreet, I guess
Birds
Date: July 08, 2007
Location: West Windsor, NJ. Could have been anywhere, though.
What else? I know that the left one was interested in the right one, because he was looking at her constantly. But she only showed him her cold shoulder. Too bad for the left one.
Result of Art all Night in Trenton
One picture exhibited for one day. The result: Three people ordered a print of it. It was tagged with $160 (instead of $140), but only because my handwritten 4 looks like a 6. However, I now have three 16"x20" fine art watercolor prints on Hahnemühle paper in the making and can't wait to make my customers happy with it. What a nice thing to do. I think at some point I will convert my online gallery into an online shop.