For any who may have been familiar with the old version of The Tidewatcher from the short film of the early 90's, the upcoming web-based re-telling will be substantially different. No longer an impossible shadow figure from some odd parallel-dimesion, this new version is much more reality based. The character's appearance does take a surreal turn, yet there is a somewhat logical explanation for this. And the underlying story behind the imagery is based on plausible events. Needless to say, I'm hoping that the end result will be very compelling and visually interesting. Coming soon, to an all new gallery on the site...
I love night photography. Something about a photograph made at night embodies the Cinematic. Traditional still portrait photos are shot in airy, well lit studios. Movies have night scenes on location. I want my images to look like movies. For me, that often comes down to creating the look of night, rather than capturing it using only whatever light is available and adjusting the camera accordingly. Over the last few years, I have noticed a number of films where much of the action takes place in a night-scape lit by the orange/amber glow of sodium streetlights. While I had never been a fan of that light in real life, I decided to try my hand at creating the look for a photo project. Since using real sodium streetlights would mean either a very high (and grainy) ISO, or long, long, long shutter speeds, I determined pretty early on that I would be using flash. I will spare you all of the technical details of why using flash to repli...
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