So as the Tidewatcher project was being put together it became painfully obvious that some of the key shots did not have the impact that they should have. Upon examining the whole thing as it began to take shape, I discovered that some of the most important, and time-intensive visual effects shots in the series - the ones that really drive the story - just didnt look right. Soooo... New ones were shot. And more work was done. If all goes well, the new images lend a deeper degree of weight to the story and take the attention off of the fact that we are seeing a set of "pictures," and redirects it to the idea that we are looking at images of events that comprise a legend. We'll all find out soon enough, as the whole project is [finally] nearing completion!
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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