tom l

Brendan - sorry you didn't get it. My idea was showing old film & based developing/enlarging has been replaced with digital technology. The lab equipment and thing at the top are all my old darkroom enlarger and stuff for making prints. There are no CD's on the table, that is a wire negative reel for developing film. The kid rising out of the table is first a shot of my computer screen showing the histogram + image and is positioned where the enlarger would have put the picture. Second, its rising out of the table to show that digital can not only make prints but also do some fancy digital tricks and to let the person viewing the image that this was done by computer.

The red lighting was to simulate B&W enlarging done with a red lamp. Its also to set the two techniques (film & digital) apart from one another. Hope this helps. Tom

General comments and any tips on painting with light would be

appreciated. Tom

Kristin, The water drops are really there. There is no manipulation here. I found an article a while back (possibly on photo.net) that described how to do this. Essentially, I wiped a little RainX on to a piece of glass (which makes the water bead up) then held the glass about 1 to 2 feet from the subject. I focused on the water drops themselves so the image through them was sharp and the background was soft. Thats it.

Thanks, Tom

I'd appreciate any comments.

Tom

Took several shots of this performer while she played and moved

around. Made this composite to show the range of motion and

different expressions the performer.