Timothy: A Lighting Experiment

As a photographer, I tend to explore the limits of my camera. What can I tell it to do? Can I outsmart it? Will it cooperate with my dreams and visions? Am I a failure or is it a flop? How can I succeed? What else can I learn?

In exploring downtown Winston Salem after dark on one bitterly cold night, my camera performed admirably -- doing [almost] precisely what I wanted it to do without complaint. [Round of applause for the camera, please.]

Using only available light from around town, here's what my camera did. (And, btw - HUGE thanks to my very patient model, who still owes me coffee... =P) [Round of applause for the model, please.]



(Did you know it was possible to make a airplane mechanic student look almost angelic?)



(Hey, Tim! Be Peter Pan!)



I did pull out my megawatt flash and played around with that a bit, adding to the light I had available. Which, in the middle of a dark alleyway, certainly attracted some amount attention (you try remaining incognito while bursting massive amounts of light in a very dark space). But, hey, it was fun. (Riiiight Tim?)