The Adventures of Michael Vincent
Posts tagged with light
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Visual Glory
2022-04-20 20:21:10 UTCThe Golden Time of Day is early morning just after Sun Rise. It was bright and vivid - with Camera in hand, I created my first image. What made this shot significant was catching sight of the lady with the blond hair, it matched the quality of the light. Shortly…
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The Expression of Light
2022-03-23 23:43:11 UTCIt occurred to me that Light is a subject of its own. It has quality, direction, texture, intensity and a malleable energy. Using the Light to define a subject is the normal procedure. What about Light as the main subject? This I find very interesting. Shooting into the Light. This…
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Colour, Light & Expression
2022-03-21 21:04:50 UTCMy last few days of shooting have been a wonderful meditation. The Light has been very pleasing. This prompted me to revisit the thinking of Jay Maisel. Jay Maisel is a legend. His Photography is a celebration of life and all that it entails. He is one of my inspirations…
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X-System: Seeing the Moment
2022-03-12 22:44:40 UTCThe Human Eye is such a marvellous gift. The ability to look at life and interpret what you see is the essence of being a competent image creator. This image was a pure moment of ownership. A hugging embrace. A sad good bye? This moment felt like multiple stories wrapped…
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X-System | Night Light
2022-02-08 23:20:51 UTCThis is different to long exposure. It’s all about seeking the spot of light. The fast Lens lives for this moment. The Light at Night reveals its colourful colourful expression. Embracing the grain adds texture. The interplay between light and dark reveals energy and stillness. The story begins wherever the…
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SFS: Just Enough Light
2022-01-08 23:14:15 UTCI didn’t think much of this moment when I created the image. It was a reaction shot because, I want to see how well my XF 18mm F2 handled low light. On reflection, I saw a bit of a narrative. I sat with it and explored the message in this…
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SFS: Life In The Shadows
2021-12-24 00:41:00 UTCLife in the shadows. Seeing the dark. Where the lift falls brings shape and form to the narrative. The most dramatic narrative are those moments where there is no light. Perhaps a slither of light to open up the conversation. Your imagination brings life to the characters into the scene.…
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SFS: The Light of Hogwarts
2021-12-21 15:08:00 UTCSingle Frame Stories. This celebration of Light caught my eye. It instantly reminded me of Hogwarts Castle. I was in Winchester last weekend meeting up with friends of mine. Before being traveling home I walked around the town centre and came across this spectacle of Light. The Colour of Light…
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Subject Matter
2021-12-15 19:34:00 UTCOnce you see it, everything changes. I have read about this subject from many photographers. They often said, “expose for the highlights”, seeing the Light. While it made sense in terms of understanding English, it was quiet baffling in practical terms. These images from my Archive represent a game changing…
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Night Vision
2021-12-02 23:15:48 UTCEverything changes at night.Creating images at night when there is very little Light becomes very interesting to me.Painting with Light when there isn’t much requires a different type of strategy.A fast lens as required. My choice of optics is The 16mm 1.4. I can’t see myself using anything else for…
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Saving Daylight
2021-11-14 21:59:39 UTCI am so glad I embraced creating images at night. When the clocks go back 1 hour, it will be late afternoon. Every year we have this. Daylight saving hours. To be honest, I don’t see the point. I find it very disruptive to my sleep pattern.This time of day…
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L.L.V. | West End At Night
2021-11-11 18:19:37 UTCMy first trip into the West End in a year felt like a trip to the moon. It felt profoundly strange and foreign. It was still familiar and yet, alien. I was doing my show at The Backstage Bar. It is a perfect venue for magical entertainment. The Grand Staircase…
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L.L.V. | Time Difference
2021-11-09 21:26:24 UTCL.L.V. That’s Low Light Vision from now on. What a difference a few hours can make. That image above was created this afternoon. Look at the shooting details below. This is interesting. You can see the settings I used for middle of the afternoon. It was a cold day and…
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Low Light Vision | 1.4
2021-11-09 20:28:03 UTCLow Light Photography is a magical world all by itself. I was intimidate by this discipline because my Kit Lens was the XF 18-135mm which came bundled with my XT1. I love that Camera and Lens set up. During the day in good light, it is perfect. As my studies…
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Playing With Light
2021-11-06 17:01:34 UTCLight governs everything in image creation. It’s a relationship like no other. From one day to the next, the Light dictates the flow of our relationship. It would be easy to say, I have no say in this relationship - however, yes, the Light dictates, all the Light is saying…
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The Light At Night | Colour Magic
2021-11-04 22:25:19 UTCShooting at night before I lose the glorious Blue Light from Sunset is important to me abs my visual expression. I need that mixture of ambient light and light from buildings. It’s no different using my strobes. I strive to get the different light sources playing together. Once the ambient…
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The Light At Night | Ptllll
2021-11-01 18:06:39 UTCShooting at night is pure magic. You have to get the timing right. It’s all about The Blue Hour. I checked the forecast for Sunset and it said 17:38pm. However, I noticed the light levels dropping by 16:30pm There were no clouds and I felt it looked promising for some…
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The Light At Night | Pt lll
2021-10-30 17:34:22 UTCI checked what time the sun would set for today; 17:38pm. This was very important because once the Sun sets, my window for the Blue hour would be very short. There wasn’t much traffic to begin with. I had to be patient. Getting the timing right is easy enough, just…
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The Light At Night | Pt ll
2021-10-29 19:08:35 UTCThis project has taken off. The light at night means seeking the Light. Ok, it’s light coming from bulbs and other sources - doesn’t matter, light is light. In many ways, it’s a lot easier to see the light because the original canvass…..BLACK, makes it easy for the light to…
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The Light At Night
2021-10-28 21:03:50 UTCI have taken on a project of creating images at night. Low Light High ISO - 1600 upwards. Shooting at 1.4 with my XF23mm. Once the clocks go back one hour, it means it will be dark by 16:00pm. That’s early afternoon here and the days not over….yet. This means…
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On Going Development
2021-10-13 17:18:03 UTCI create images every minute of the day. I wear my camera everywhere. The reason is simple. I need to internalise my eye and brain into becoming a human camera. What this means is very simple and logical. I figured I must be able to know the correct, creative exposure…
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The Subject is Light
2021-09-30 10:20:22 UTCMaking the Light the subject means focusing exclusively on this core element. Seeing the quality Feeling it’s quality and being aware of its direction. Where is the Light falling? This visual exercise is critical to understanding the relationship between Shadows and Highlights. Or Light & Shade. I am noticing how…
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Black & Light
2021-09-14 16:21:06 UTCIf you really think about it, the absence of Light reveals nothing. The black canvass is the starting point for a creative revelation. No Light. No Colour. When Light is present, Colour can be stripped away to focus attention of the Light and it’s sculpting ability. I am thinking the…
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Magical Light
2021-09-13 21:15:12 UTCThis image is from my Archive. This Dome could be from an exotic Church; it’s actually The Dome from The Victoria & Albert Museum. I came across it in my Archive and decided to apply some editing techniques I had learnt in Lightroom. I really love this because of the…
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Playing With The Light
2021-09-13 20:11:13 UTCPhotography is truly a magical process. Painting with Light is the accepted definition of the craft. I have been actively engaged in studying all that this entails since 2013. It is only now making sense. It’s all about seeing, reading and feeling the Light. You read that right; FEELING. As…