This is a pretty cool technique I’ve been meaning to try for years now, and still have not got around to it. The article was on the Nikon website, written by Dave Black, an excellent photographer. Here’s the link:

Lighting in Photography | Light Painting Technique & Tips.

I was leafing through some older issues of Outdoor Photography Canada when I came across the article in the winter 2010 issue called Breaking The Rules, by Darwin Wiggett, which encourages photographers to think outside the box and stretch creative boundaries. I couldn’t agree more with what Darwin is advocating, and also with what, by implication, he is protesting. Except I am liable to tell it a little more gruffly- I can’t take it when someone posts an image for critique on a photography forum of some kind, and he/she gets the textbook responses like rule of thirds, etc. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion of course, but when it’s just regurgitated from a half-decade old text book, it doesn’t carry much validity with me, so I would tend to fight back (if it were me getting rule-of-thirds kind of schlock on a forum).

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Since I tend to get pretty involved, I can’t seem to keep two hobbies going simultaneously. Photography continues to be sidelined to my musical interests, and I’m a bit sad to say I have little enthusiasm, let alone time, to pick up up the camera. I’ve also created another website/blog that is my first attempt at mixing in a bit of commerce, other than google adsense I mean, and it also has been taking a chunk of my time over the last few months. I am hoping that the lack of enthusiasm is more of a winter blues kinda thing, and that the photography bug will bite again come spring. Though I also know that the nicer weather will have me in the backyard, picking and singing some summertime blues. One possible bright spot for my photo hobby- a local friend who does the occasional wedding for free, more as a favour to her friends who can’t afford to hire a professional, has welcomed me to join her as a second shooter on one of her next gigs! I’m pretty stoked about that, and since I’m a wee bit of a perfectionist type, it will surely have me practicing and playing with lighting… getting the old vision working again!

Originally uploaded by bambe1964

I am wildly impressed by this capture and treatment. The tones are amazing, the framing within framing is brilliant, the DOF and focus combined with the snowfall just makes for such a fascinating image. Extremely well done Bambe!