by tmoffett | Jun 6, 2010 | Color, Composition, Landscape
Golden Reflections, Lake Lowell
Golden Reflections is another image from my Lake Lowell series. Shot from Gotts Point on the Nampa side, The lowering sun skimmed across the lakes surface and fell beautifully upon this outcropping of trees. The golden yellow against the complimentary blues really make them pop. Good use of complimentary colors can really make an image work.
I know I said I would be posting this week from my trip to the Oregon coast, and I will. We spent all day yesterday driving and arrived too late to get anything ready to post this morning. The weather is not cooperating right now…rain. Hope it clears out some and gives us some good light, or at least some interesting skies to work with. Either way, I am sure we will come up with something interesting, maybe just not what I was planning on.
by tmoffett | Jun 5, 2010 | Color, Composition, Landscape, Photographic Philosophy
Foggy Morning on the Coast
We’re off to the Oregon coast! Yesterday was our last day of school and I finished up the grading, cleaned the computer lab and now we’re off to create more photographs. I am so looking forward to this next week. It has been a good year, however my batteries are nearly spent and need some recharging. When I need a fresh outlook on life, either of two things will do the trick, cycling or photographing. Anytime I can get some time away with just Christeena and our cameras, then that wins out over cycling, so this next week that is what we are doing.
The image that I posted today is one from my last trip to the Oregon coast. We had fog the entire week. I am not sure what it is about this image, but I like it. Shot in color, but due to the fog it is monochromatic. It has a very soft feel to it, very simple. the treeline has some interesting shape to it and draws me in. I want to see into the fog and find the detail, but I cannot. It is mysterious. It is a unique feel that is hard to describe in words, so I’ll quit trying.
I’m sure that this trip will be very different. Every trip always is. I will find new subjects and different light. I may choose to photograph the same subjects, but with different lighting conditions and vantage points. I am sure that my mood and feelings will be different, and that will affect my image making. How we feel affects our vision. I am excited to find out what I will see, how I will see and how I will interpret the world in photographs this week.
Stay tuned for a glimpse into the world of Terrell Moffett…
Technical info: Canon 5D, 24-70 2.8L@43mm, f20, 1/60 sec.
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by tmoffett | Jun 4, 2010 | Color, Landscape, Photographic Philosophy
Lake Lowell Rocks
Rocks are like people, no two are exactly the same. Some are interesting, some dull. Some cultured and smooth, others rough around the edges. Some big, some small… What am I trying to say with this image? You decide. All I know is that while out photographing one evening along the shores of Lake Lowell, these rocks made me stop and look, then photograph. It amazes me how certain things seem to call out and say “Take my picture!” just like some people do. Rocks, and people.
Technical data: Canon 5D, 24-70 f/2.8L @ 70mm, f22, .6 sec. ISO 100
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by tmoffett | Jun 2, 2010 | Color, Composition, Landscape, Print of the month
Reflections, Martin Lake
Every year I give a reflections assignment to my photography class, so on a camping trip with 2 of my boys I decided to shoot the assignment myself. One morning I walked down to the lake at sunrise and found the water so smooth I could hardly tell the reflection from the actual trees. I don’t see that very often around here where the wind seems to always blow.I watched the shoreline as I walked and found this one round clump of grass a short way out. It was perfect to break up the composition wherein all of the lines were leading away. It became the “resting place” for my eyes. This resting place is so important in the composition of a photograph. Without a place for the eye to pause, an image like this would be busy and uninteresting, very hard to look at. With this clump of grass, my eye follows the line back into the image, almost out of the frame and then is pulled back in. It creates a circular motion with a pause. Thoughtful composition is just one of many things that can help improve your photographs.
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by tmoffett | Jun 1, 2010 | Color, Composition, Landscape, Photographic Philosophy
Washed Ashore
This is probably my favorite image that I made on my anniversary trip to Hawaii in January. We were walking along the beach at sunrise and came across this log that had washed ashore and was being beaten down my the waves. It was amazing how a little water could move this big log so violently. I watched and photographed for quite some time… must have shot 20-30 images, all different angles and directions. I loved the motion of the log as the waves slapped up against it. Every shot was different. In this one, the water is wrapping around the log as more water flows over the top, and the rocking of the log is not so violent as in some of the others. The softness takes on a painterly kind of look that is interesting and soothing to me. Again, it is back to my belief that successful photographs are about feeling, and this image has that, at least for me it does. I feet fortunate to have been in the right place at the right time to make this image.
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by tmoffett | May 31, 2010 | Color, Landscape, Photo tips
Roots, Lake Lowell
With photography, it’s all about the light. So many times, new students want to go out when there is a lot of light (mid-day) instead of waiting until there is great light quality. When the light is right, nearly anything looks great. My favorite time to photograph is from about 1 hour before sunset until 30 minutes after sunset. There is not much light after the sun goes down, but the quality of the light that there is is wonderful. A tripod is a necessity, but so worth it.
This image was made in complete shade just prior to the sun setting. The light falling on the root system is from the north, so it is open sky, thus enhancing the blue tones that were already in the tree roots. I have never seen roots with the color that this root system had, so I wanted to enhance it even more. The blue light from the open sky did just that. Another advantage of evening light is that it is very soft, meaning that the shadows will be very open and full of detail, something that is impossible with mid-day sun. It allows for very dramatic reproduction of ordinary scenes, rendering them very extraordinary.
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