Looking at Light

I'm taking this opportunity to post a couple shots that didn't 'make the cut' on the day that they were actually taken. This is from January 11

From January 15

Another from January 15

Streetlamp in the parking lot

...and the next day, but cloudy

"Hush: An Interview with America" College of Charleston. Student Lighting Design by Hannah Strickland

Fun with the angle of incidence and angle of reflection

One of the few shots that I used a flash for. This is at Fort Sumter, and is a pitch black corner where no light goes... unless I put it there myself.

More reflection... and product placement

From February 21

Ravenel Bridge at Dusk

Also from February 25

Another from the February 14 Cloudy Day session. Looking a lot at shadows (or lack thereof) on overcast days.

Looking forward- A second shot from March 1

...and one from March 4. Stay tuned for the remainder of a couple great shots from a walk at sunset on March 4.

A daytime shot of a sunny morning shining through the leaves of thick foliage.

For some reason, I am fascinated with the perspective view of hallways and fluorescent lights.

My first South Carolina thunderstorm.

Pouring rain on wet pavement in the light of an amber streetlamp.

2012 photo of bedroom ceiling fan #2. Probably by the end of the year, I'll have enough for a book of ceiling fan photos.

A fountain on the College of Charleston's campus. Bright lights from below highlight the textures well.

Morning sun, a tree, and a cell-phone camera. Dig it.

I have not rotated this photo on purpose. This photo will become a set design someday- for something. I call dibs on the lighting as well.

I pass this contemporary art every day. The way that the setting sun shone through the windows on this day really struck me.

My father-in-law Don walking up Folly Beach. I don't have very many daytime photos in this series. This is a good example of a strong directional source (coming from the right side of the photo), while the whole scene is well lit due to the bright clear day.

I'm told that this sliver of a crescent moon is seen everywhere. But only South Carolina has it on its flag. The night before it was even slivery-er. No camera. Fail.

From Centre Pompideau on January 1. An exhibit that I threw out of focus. Once the details are de-emphasized look how the focus of the hanging lighting stands out.

This is on the top of my parking structure. I think it is to help guide ships into Charleston Harbor. Or it is Sauron's Eye.

A detail of my lampshade. Not a real Tiffany & Co.

The iPod is the light source. The face of the microwave becomes a reflective surface. The old-school Tigers logo is a bonus.

During a focus session for "Hush: An Interview with America" at College of Charleston. Pictured is lighting designer Hannah Strickland.

A photo session with a guitar and a clip light. Look at those strings shine!

Morning sun shining on the concrete beams in my parking structure.

Looking back towards the setting sun just a short time before it dropped behind the horizon. Very pretty sky this day. I wasn't quite in the car yet, and a good thing- this is a pretty treacherous road driving into the sun at this time of day. What the picture loses is the color in the street sign, which the camera leaves just in shadow. The eye is still the best camera...

LED sidelight, and one of my favorite items to light- an A-Frame ladder. Cooler in toplight, but there you go.

Love all the lighting in this restaurant. Cool fixtures, and an old-school flashing arrow sign. This crappy pic from my phone, which apparently does not do night work well, does not do it justice. 365 photos, there are going to be some stinkers. I'll have to go back with my real camera- an excuse for another great calzone.

Mulligan #2. Sorry January 14- missed you. That means that I drop in the first photo that I didn't take. This is from my daughter who is becoming quite a photographer herself during her year in France. Streetlights in the fog- very cool. Not to mention the pink in the windows to the right. Good stuff. Thanks Molly!

My phone camera doesn't take very good night pictures, but it's always cool to see the 'sparkle' it gives to fixtures.

The College of Charleston Cistern yard. Hundred year old oaks and Spanish moss- and lots of cool architectural lighting. More coming tomorrow...

The camera phone image from last night doesn't really do justice to how cool the architectural lighting is in the Cistern yard, so I went back the next night with the real camera to catch this image of Randolph Hall.

Contemporary art exhibit at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. My apologies to the artist, the name of whom I sadly did not record.

Christmas decorations, plus headlights and brakelights on the Champs-Elysees

A detail of the shot- it's the French National Flag!

The Eiffel Tower is all lit up in amber light (mounted inside the tower), and on the hour it 'sparkles' with hundreds of strobe lights. This photo is a little blurry- it's windy up there- but you get the idea. Very pretty stuff.

The sky was very pretty at 7am as the sun was rising over Dulles Airport near Washington DC. The photo hardly captures it.

Don't look at the sun! This is a shot of the afternoon sun shining through the translucent window shade in my office. The bit at the bottom of the frame is the roof of the building across the street from me.

Neat shadowplay on this gate in the morning sunlight.

I just got a new phone with what I hope is a relatively decent phone camera. This was one of a handful of shots I took, just to check out the possibilities. We'll see how it goes.

I have been trying to capture this image for quite some time- no wind tonight, so I could finally get a shot of this lamp surrounded by vegetation and Spanish Moss without blurring.

December 10, 2011: Charleston SC--Here's a shot taken outside of my apartment building. I love the cloudy sky obscuring the moonlight set up against the electric streetlamp.

December 8, 2011. College of Charleston, Charleston SC. From a photo session with my drafting lamp. I spent some time experimenting with various exposure settings and angles. The light source is a fluorescent tube.