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Swirlies : Photo Essay on Flickr

Hi folks,

  I've posted a fun photo essay called "Swirlies" at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157626713121989/ and 
put a description of the essay belpw.

Time exposures that turn moving lights into streaks are a staple of 
night photography. Time exposures in which the camera is moving 
instead of (or in addition to) the lights are less common. They were 
not very practical in the days of film because you got no immediate 
feedback and had to pay for every shot.

When I do this with a digital camera, I get immediate feedback on the 
results of my last shot, and the only cost is the time it takes to 
evaluate the images. I've used this technique with all of my digital 
cameras (the SLR's give me the added option of zooming in or out 
during the exposure.)

I recently acquired a Lumix LX3 -- a camera with a Leica lens that is 
as good or better than my DSLR lenses. It  is very compact, which 
makes it easy to whip around at high speeds.

The pictures in this set are mostly one second time exposures, with 
the camera in unlimited burst mode, which gives me approximately one 
picture a second. I get to look at each picture for a second, which 
allows me to improvise further camera moves in reaction to what I 
have just taken. This adds to the improvisational feeling of the work 
-- I sometimes think it as a photographic version of Action Painting 
I call photos take with this technique "Swirlies".

These photos were taken at four different times and locations.
1.      In Boston, next to the parking lot  I use on days when I work 
at the Boris FX office.
2.      At the Chihuly exhibit of blown glass at Boston's Museum of Fine 
Arts.
3.      At a concert by the Dave Bryant Quartet at Outpost 186, Inman 
Square, Cambridge. Most are of sax player Jim Hobbs.
4.      Walking around Inman Square after the concert

BTW Some of my videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld
-- 
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

                Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer                  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!                    Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com              http://www.borisfx.com