An arrangement made for my painting class. The light source is a strong spotlight coming from the left hand side of the picture.
Statue of St. Peter near St. Peter's Catholic Church. At first I thought that I would attempt a silhouette, with the sun behind the statue. Then I noticed that the position of the sun breaking through the trees above the statue's head looked curiously like a halo. While not quite a true silhouette, there are some deep shadows on the statue's white surface that I think are interesting.
The ceiling at St. Peter's. Even though the building is lit with a series of hanging, cylindrical chandeliers, light is also coming in from the outside, and so the effect is somewhat diffused, with the ceiling itself being the least well lit. As a result, the white of the ceiling appears to be a sort of amber color in this photo.
Votive candles at a small shrine to Our Lady at St. Charles Borromeo. It's a small, darkened corner that glows a soft yellow through the tinted candle holders.
Silhouette of trees against the sky at sunset. For this shot I placed my camera on a tripod and experimented with various shutter speeds until I got the shot I needed. The darkness of the trees was emphasized in Photoshop.
Strong directional light coming through the windows at St. Peter's. There's a little bit of play with the color hitting the inside ledge of the windows as light passes through the stained glass. The repetition of the vertical lines within and without the windows as the light bursts through is fascinating to me.
The ceiling at St. Peter's. Even though the building is lit with a series of hanging, cylindrical chandeliers, light is also coming in from the outside, and so the effect is somewhat diffused, with the ceiling itself being the least well lit. As a result, the white of the ceiling appears to be a sort of amber color in this photo.
Photo taken in class on 9/19/10 at a slow shutter speed.
I took my dog out one evening just before bed, and shot this photo of her on the front step in near total darkness at a slow shutter speed. Not knowing she was supposed to be posing, she kept moving her head around and shifting her feet, leading to the "ghost dog" we have here. Great photography? Probably not. But it created a fun effect.
