Gareth Botha » Art

Some Abstract Imagery I’ve Been Playing With

Gareth — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:09:14 +0000

I’ve been playing around with abstract fractal forms lately, and having a lot of fun with it. I got into Apophysis some time ago, and have been using this to create fractals, which are images generated via mathematical formulas that repeat at ever-increasing or decreasing scales.

Once I’ve rendered a series of base fractal forms, I take them into Photoshop for post-render editing and manipulation. The images below are a few snippets of some of the images I’ve been playing around with. They will likely never be used for anything or serve any purpose, and I’ll probably never post the full versions anywhere, but I thought they would make an interesting entry here to show the types of things I’m working on behind the scenes and between design projects.

Digital Landscape Photo-Illustration

Gareth — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:58:30 +0000

Here’s something I’ve been working on recently, just for fun. I haven’t really worked on too many landscapes, and I’ve been curious about working on one (or more) with a non-traditional “twist”. Here’s what I came up with:

Landscape

9 Amazing Examples of Light Painting Photography

Gareth — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:33:59 +0000

Light painting, also known as light graffiti, is a photography technique using long exposure shots of darkened subjects, where moving light is used to illuminate parts of the composition. This can create dramatic effects that can give the photographs a surreal, otherworldly quality, or even add a “sketched” effect to a photograph. Although this technique has been popularized by the digital camera age, it is by no means a modern technique, as Pablo Picasso was photographed as early as 1949, creating phantom sketches in the air with a small hand-held light source.

Here are 9 beautiful examples of light painting photography:

#1

Chrysler Moonrise by Troy Paiva

#2

Electric Guitar by Sean Rogers1 (Flickr)

#3

Lightmark by Cenci Goepel

#4

Energie In Motion by LICHTFAKTOR

#5

Forests by Dean Chamberlain

#6

Nebulous in Blue by Toby Keller

#7

I'm A Rockstar In My Dreams by side. (Flickr)

#8

My Old Room's Wall Posters 02 by Eran Hakim (Flickr)

#9

Sparkling Fire Circle on Light Art Performance Photography