Streaking For Fun And Profit

Albert Docks Light
Originally uploaded by petecarr

OK, while doing this one - it's just fine to keep your clothes on. Every now and then I come a cross an article that has nothing to do with wedding or portrait photography, but I like the creative aspect of it. This article from DigitalPhotographySchool right here on "How to Shoot Light Trails" fills the bill.

It's not just another short little "fluff" piece. The author goes into great detail about exposure, timing, whether to shoot RAW, and the like. You get more than just an insight on how to shoot streaking lights, you get the entire fully illustrated technique. The information is very well done - along with a good dose of creative thinking here. For more images in that same "Light Streak" vein, check out this Flickr link right here.

A Blast From the Past

I was really surprised when I saw this over at PhotoshopEssentials.com. It showed a tutorial on how to put a wedding couple in a wine glass. I thought it was interesting because wedding photographers were doing that very thing without Photoshop over 40 years ago. I remember owning a Curtis Matte Box that even supplied the "Glass of wine" transparency.

My caution to anyone considering this kind of imagery - bride and groom hovering above the ceremony, the groom in the bride's head silhouette (I had a bride years ago ask me for this particular shot, she called it the "Brain Shot"), et. al. can be considered fairly passe. Here is an entire discussion link on just the subject right here. But if you want the Photoshop technique, here is the link.