The Adventures of Michael Vincent

Posts tagged with light

Light & Life
2022-08-13 20:32:07 UTC
I was pausing for a moment. Thinking; What shall I call this Journal Entry? I took a quick look at the images I created and felt “Light & Life”. Light & Life have a relationship. Life has flourished because of the life sustaining power of…….our always on Sun🌞. The Sun…

Expressive Colour
2022-07-12 19:05:35 UTC
The expression of Colour is a glorification of The Light. Light is the reason Colour has life to us. Today was glorious because Colour really spoke to me. Colour is difficult to ignore. Having eyes doesn’t mean you really see it. Colour must be felt. The full spectrum of Colour…

Painting with Light
2022-07-12 11:33:25 UTC
The beauty of The Mirrorless System is being able to fine tune my exposure - “paint with light” - before I create the image. I can see with precision where the light is falling, and see the contrast detail and most importantly, expose for my highlights correctly. Shooting into the…

The Study of Colour | Expression
2022-06-08 20:30:25 UTC
It’s everywhere, you can take it for granted, assuming you are not blind. The one thing you cannot do is ignore it. You would feel its absence if we lived in a world full of different shades of great. The impact of Colour in our world and our ability to…

Visual Glory
2022-04-20 20:21:10 UTC
The 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…

The Expression of Light
2022-03-23 23:43:11 UTC
It 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…

Colour, Light & Expression
2022-03-21 21:04:50 UTC
My 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…

X-System: Seeing the Moment
2022-03-12 22:44:40 UTC
The 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…

X-System | Night Light
2022-02-08 23:20:51 UTC
This 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…

SFS: Just Enough Light
2022-01-08 23:14:15 UTC
I 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…

SFS: Life In The Shadows
2021-12-24 00:41:00 UTC
Life 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.…

SFS: The Light of Hogwarts
2021-12-21 15:08:00 UTC
Single 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…

Subject Matter
2021-12-15 19:34:00 UTC
Once 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…

Night Vision
2021-12-02 23:15:48 UTC
Everything 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…

Saving Daylight
2021-11-14 21:59:39 UTC
I 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…

L.L.V. | West End At Night
2021-11-11 18:19:37 UTC
My 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…

L.L.V. | Time Difference
2021-11-09 21:26:24 UTC
L.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…

Low Light Vision | 1.4
2021-11-09 20:28:03 UTC
Low 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…

Playing With Light
2021-11-06 17:01:34 UTC
Light 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…

The Light At Night | Colour Magic
2021-11-04 22:25:19 UTC
Shooting 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…

The Light At Night | Ptllll
2021-11-01 18:06:39 UTC
Shooting 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…

The Light At Night | Pt lll
2021-10-30 17:34:22 UTC
I 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…

The Light At Night | Pt ll
2021-10-29 19:08:35 UTC
This 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…

The Light At Night
2021-10-28 21:03:50 UTC
I 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…

On Going Development
2021-10-13 17:18:03 UTC
I 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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