Posts Tagged ‘abstract’

Abstract Glamour

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Zoom, zoom, zoom. I’m excited to share sam­ple shots from recent abstract adven­tures with my friends at 7 Salon in down­town Seat­tle. I’ve been exper­i­ment­ing with a tech­nique I use for abstract archi­tec­ture; but now the sub­jects are mod­els — often as they’re being made-up and coiffed for glam­our events. Heart­felt thanks to hair styl­ist Jaclyn Beith. Her friend­ship, tal­ent, and enthu­si­as­tic involve­ment in Sus­pended Image™ projects is cher­ished. In addi­tion, I’d like to thank those who par­tic­i­pated in last Sunday’s photo shoot at Hotel Andra: lovely and con­ge­nial mod­els Yuriko Say and Jeana Janik, wardrobe spe­cial­ist Kristi Ble­ich, and makeup artist Ryann Brady. Each abstract shoot allows me to try new things and hope­fully pro­duce more exam­ples of what can hap­pen with a long expo­sure, a steady zoom­ing hand, and a lit­tle bit of luck.

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Architectural Abstract Project

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

A series by Can­dice, done entirely in-camera and with nat­ural light.

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Inspiration Point

Friday, July 10th, 2009

There is a build­ing in Seat­tle that I’m crazy about. I go there often and it’s fea­tured in much of my work: Seat­tle City Hall — specif­i­cally, the Red Room and adjoin­ing stair­case. Some days I sim­ply walk through the space to be reminded of why I love light, color, archi­tec­ture, and pho­tog­ra­phy. It’s my Inspi­ra­tion Point.

When Mar­i­lyn and I were in NY I started exper­i­ment­ing with zoom­ing (see pre­vi­ous blog entry Times Square’s “Spec­tac­u­lars”). And then the other day I decided to try out the tech­nique with archi­tec­ture. Of course I went to my favorite spot. The results — won­der­fully abstract — are unusual, col­or­ful, shapely, excit­ing. Each zoom result is unique. The slight­est change in posi­tion, light, man­ual zoom speed, and expo­sure can cre­ate an entirely dif­fer­ent look. Super fun to shoot.

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Images avail­able with a RF license: Flight of Color, Abstract Archi­tec­ture, Abstract Archi­tec­ture 2, Abstract Archi­tec­ture 3, Abstract Archi­tec­ture 4, Abstract Archi­tec­ture 5, Inte­rior Abstract, Abstract Archi­tec­ture 6