I’ve been playing with some more light painting. This photo I spent about three nights perfecting the lighting. Although I’m no musician, I’d guess it’s a little like writing a song. You run through it, take a peek at it on the computer, change a little something about it trying to keep the rest of the elements from the last photo together while adding a little tweak of the light here and there. By the end of the night you have quite a rhythm down.
This lighting technique is perfect for the vintage cameras and rusty ceiling tile background. The warm and dreamy light adds to the vintage feel of these old cameras. I’ve been collecting old cameras on eBay for some time now with the hope of making some nice photographs with them. I think I’ve found the perfect technique and look. I have more cameras to work with and two more rusty ceiling tiles for backgrounds. I’m looking forward to making a set of three vintage camera photos that work together nicely.
My old F
A little side note about the Nikon F that is in the middle of the photo. That is an old camera I bought and used in high school. I used it as my second body for years, even up until I was a photographer at the Greeley Tribune. When I left for the Naples Daily News in 1996 I finally had staff cameras issued to me. So the old F got retired. But it still works to this day!
