Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Evening photos

So when I finally got to leave work late this evening there was beautiful sunlight hitting the trees with dark clouds in the background, so trekked back inside, borrowed the camera and took some non-work pictures for the first time in months.

I wanted to try a zoom lens blur and lens flare.

Do you think any of these are worth anything other than picture experiments? It's hard to take any decent pictures in CB with the trailers, power lines, and stacks of pipes in the background!








Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Aleph installation - My newest reflection obsession

So, I'm completely swamped at work and should be sleeping, but what do I find myself doing? Posting on the blog. It's all Emily D's fault for sharing her Prezi. Then one thing leads to another on the internet!

Basically this is a pixel display made out of mirrors. So it makes pictures using just the reflections in the environment around it by moving the mirrors with motors. Genius! All my most favorite art uses reflections. Though maybe I was over them, but apparently not. Hope you like it too!

So I originally saw this as the first part of this Prezi explanation here.

Then I got curious and found their web explanation here.

Then there is the YouTube video: