Nothing better than a sunburst to brighten your day. I was feeling a little uninspired, had actually decided to put off shooting for a while and just organize my archives instead. But I walked home instead of taking the bus, and I saw some cool light, one thing led to another, and this is the result.
And then I went on a shooting trip to the beach for the blue hour. But I haven't processed those images yet, so this one will have to do. I was actually thinking I might do some kind of SF architecture inspired project, so I shot a bunch of garage doors, and windows, and different colored Victorian houses. Then I saw the sun, and it was all over after that. I hope I don't go permanently blind from all the staring into the sun that I do, trying to find just the right composition.
Also, I have been seeing this lovely reflected light all over the city. I have only one person to thank for turning me on to this kind of light, I might have never seen it and continued to be totally oblivious, but I recently started reading Eli Reinholdtsen's blog, and she has recently shown some beautiful photos using this kind of light. Take a gander.
(Not sure how I did this? Check out my sunstar tutorial here.)
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Looks like a lot of glass behind you to get that reflection. I wonder if some HDR could bring out features in the sky, though?
ReplyDeleteI love that burst of light...I wish I had more time at that golden hour to get out and shoot (unfortunately, that is when the boys have the most going on).
ReplyDeleteI love the houses there in SF....so different than the ones here in the midwest!
I enjoyed Eli's blog and images!
great light there alright, your pic is up on raft magazine now.
ReplyDeleteTis over here
http://www.raftmagazineonline.com/Raft01/Bagnell/Bagnell.html
Absolutely lovely, Jessica.
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