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01 August 2007

These photos look like my dreams. My favorites are the roadside pics, and the wheels seen on the front page.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 07:01 | 18 comments

Wow those are cool with the red & green strobes. They look like some eerie sci fi postcard or something. That yucca tree shot was really nice.

posted by chewatadistance 01 August | 07:24

Great use of long exposure; cool subjects; no flash interface.

A++++ ebayer. Would purchase from again.

posted by chuckdarwin 01 August | 07:38

Wow, great find. Destop city! I love 'em too.

That guy must be interesting to know: I'd like to tool around the desert roads by moonlight with him, looking for the detritus of the 20th century.

I do wish he had used a slideshow or gallery format - the loading took a long time and was very tantalizing.

posted by Miko 01 August | 10:28

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing!

posted by CitrusFreak12 01 August | 11:28

I love light painting. Some fun stuff.

posted by arse_hat 01 August | 12:03

Glad y'all liked these... I am totally in love with these pics.

I'd never heard of light painting before- I am going to have to learn more about it.

posted by BoringPostcards 01 August | 12:06

Set your camera to 'bulb'. get a sparkler/handheld light source. paint with light. Light graffiti.

posted by chuckdarwin 01 August | 12:25

I like that you have lush, color-infused dreamscapes, BoPo. It makes so much sense.

posted by rainbaby 01 August | 12:27

Wow, these are fantastic.

posted by mygothlaundry 01 August | 12:28

I don't know if I could handle not seeing whatever might be crawling/biting/stinging me in the middle of the night in the desert while taking those shots. I'll settle for the desktop. XD

posted by chewatadistance 01 August | 12:39

I love playing with light BP. I haven't done much since I started shooting digital but here are few I did just after I got the camera. ≡ Click to see image ≡
and a few more

posted by arse_hat 01 August | 13:20

Oh, those are cool, arse! I'd seen the clown one but I guess I didn't realize how you did it. I saw the "technique" page on the original site I linked to, and I think I've gotta try this. (Not sure how it'll work with a Holga, though... I can't hold that little shutter button down for 10 minutes without shaking the camera.)

posted by BoringPostcards 01 August | 13:39

BP, look here at the bottom of the page. A cable release for the Holga.

posted by arse_hat 01 August | 14:10

ur dreamz r scary

posted by SassHat 01 August | 15:58

Thanks, BP!

posted by deborah 01 August | 18:15

OMG arse_hat- thanks!! I knew you could modify a Holga for cable-release, but I thought it was a permanent modification. AWESOME!

posted by BoringPostcards 01 August | 18:34

Ooh, and he has a Flickr site too.

posted by matildaben 01 August | 18:49

Bit of a Repo Man thing going on there.

posted by Eideteker 01 August | 23:36

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