Technique and Approach #5.

This time round I'll be looking at this piece. "Essence of Bird."

My fascination with light and reflection /refraction. Not what I see, but how I see it. Fascinated by my cars rear view mirror and it's affect /effect on and with light, I set out one day to an industrial area. A flock of birds rummaging around on the ground, fluttering about. Pointing my camera at my rear view mirror (in night time mode), I snapped this. A bit of double exposure (sort of). 

The lines to the left I think are the result of the hard sun hitting the rear windshield anti-mist elements, with the birds on the right (essence) from the refraction / reflection of the mirror. Later I looked into how the mirror worked, giving me a slightly better understanding of what resulted that day. Interesting.

Technique and Approach #4

Birds on the line. Peering out my lounge window one afternoon a small flock of magpies roosting on the power / phone (interweb) lines. Silhouetted by the afternoon sunset. The pink colour (of choice) from the film I had loaded up. Always looking for something a bit different to use up a roll or fill a gap.

I took a number of frames (not something I do all the time) of this event. this one featuring 4 friends. Hanging out. Perched, poised. Not in any real hurry, rush or puff. 

Canon A1, Sigma 70-210mm FD, Kodak Ektar 100. Manual (as always) focus. Aperture priority (f/6.3ish) shutter speed around 1/60th judging by the diminishing sun (light). Hand held.

Technique and Approach #3

For the third instalment of my series I would like to look at the Golden Hour.

That period of time 1 hr after sunrise or 1hr before sunset. Although I don't always shoot at this time, it certainly produces some beautiful light. Often creating unexpected and surprising colours with film.

This makes me happy.

The following image was shot only a month or so ago during WWIM (World Wide Insta-Meet) here in Brisbane. Atop Kangaroo Point overlooking the city. In this instance, focusing on the fauna growing along the cliff edge. The obvious being the city skyline. 

Focusing on the tree, with an almost identical one in the background giving it both a shadow  / silhouette look. Using Kodak Ultramax 400 Colour film, the colour was a little unexpected, but a wonderful surprise. 'Golden'. A slight vignette around the bottom where the sun slowly passes below the horizon. This has become of my favourite photographs. The golden colour, the silhouette. Simply nature.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.