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Photographing the top of Mount Davidson-Arabia

Gareth — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:22:05 +0000

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I took a trip with Marjan out to Mount Davidson-Arabia in Lithonia, GA to enjoy the gorgeous weather. The clouds were perfect for photographs! The view from the top of the mountain was amazing too. I was really happy with these photos – the contrast of the lively, energetic clouds with the barren granite mountain turned out really nicely.

Long exposure light painting photography

Gareth — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:43:59 +0000

This past weekend, I visited the local Confederate Cemetery near Marietta Square late at night with my friend Matt Barnett and we both made our first attempt at long exposure light painting photography. I think we were both really thrilled with the results. We tried several different techniques, ranging from painting our subjects with colored lights creating a dreamlike, surreal effect, to painting the subject with a more natural white light and using colored lights to create interesting background effects. Our exposure times ranged from 15 seconds to 30 seconds, as there was enough ambient lights from the surrounding city and street lights to allow for shorter exposures. An interesting thing to point out is that in several of our shots, we actually would walk through the exposures to adjust the lighting, without being captured in the final image. I had a ton of fun with it, and am looking forward to trying it again soon!

You can click on either of the images below to see higher resolution images on Flickr.

Painted from each side with blue and red LED lights

Halo effect with spinning LED lights and painting with white LED

Testing the new camera at Roswell Mill

Gareth — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:09:38 +0000

I recently bought a Canon EOS-20D from my friend Matt Barnett and took a trip to Roswell Mill with him to test it out. Here’s a couple of shots that I took. Roswell Mill really is one of my favorite places. I love it!

The ruins at Sope Creek

Gareth — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:56:03 +0000

Here’s a few shots from my recent photoshoot with Matt Barnett of the old industrial ruins at Sope Creek in Marietta, GA. In the 1800′s, this mile-long strip of land alongside the creek included a paper mill, twine plant and flour mill. During the Civil War, these buildings were used for the production of Confederate money, and were subsequently destroyed by the Union Army.

Moss and lichen photos from a local park

Gareth — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:21:45 +0000

I’ve recently been photographing a lot of nature trails, specifically shooting various mosses, lichens, and fungi. I think these often overlooked plants are absolutely beautiful, and their stunning colors, shapes, sizes and textures never cease to amaze me. Here are some of my recent shots.

This last one was taken at Mt. Davidson-Arabia, a rock outcrop in Lithonia, Georgia. Throughout the mountain, there are these “pits” that contain fields of this red lichen called Diamorpha Smallii, which is an endangered species of plant, which is unique to the area.

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