Light, Pattern and Texture

by Al Hannigan on July 19, 2008

I have always been fascinated with how light can transform an ordinary, everyday subject into something far more interesting …

This bathroom door is something I see everyday, but today the late afternoon light coming from the window and catching the glass knob at an angle, created a wonderful combination of pattern and texture that really appealed to my graphic senses.

I chose B&W to emphasize the effect.

Bathroom door-light,pattern & texture

Enjoy, and as always your comments are welcomed. Thanks for looking.

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Tagged as: B&W, black and white image, light, pattern, texture

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Poor Man’s Scanner

by Al Hannigan on July 17, 2008

Sometimes innovating works … below is an image from an 8×10 color transparency that was part of a commercial photoshoot. Not having a scanner that could convert this to digital, I decided to experiment.

I taped the transparency to my office window and set my camera up as I would for copying any flat art. I used camera raw and shot a couple of exposures, did a bit of tweaking in Adobe Camera Raw and photoshop and here’s the result …

Copy of an 8x10 color transparency

Came out fairly good IMO. Probably not as good as a professional scan might yield, but a whole lot less expensive!

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Nature Endures Man

by Al Hannigan on January 19, 2008

Sometimes man builds and nature gets destroyed … but not always. This hotel railing in Costa Rica has merged with the tree and both are living together harmoniously …

Nature Endures Man

And if you look carefully, you might notice that the tree has created its own little man-like creature to assist in holding the railing in place.

Even the patina on the railing has begun to look more like bamboo, or some such plant stem, than the painted metal it actually is.

Enjoy,

Al

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Spring Flowers

by Al Hannigan on January 7, 2008

It’s cold, dreary and winter … but Spring is on it’s way.

spring flowers

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