Light Painting & Out Takes

I enjoy a bit of light painting and within this age of digital photography you can take shot after shot without worrying about the cost of developing etc

Here is a video containing a few light painting and long exposure photographs that I have taken and the large number of out takes created whilst shooting them!

Light Painting & Out Takes from Steve Murrell on Vimeo.

Quackers

A family of ducks enjoying the sunshine.

Taken recently in my local park using the telephoto

Oil Painting

Had an idea for a photo whilst cooking dinner last night....Mix some water with oil and see what patterns you can make.

I had some chilli oil laying around (as you do) so put some in to a glass and here are a few of the resulting pictures.





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Spring Is Here

A bit lacking on posts recently as I have been busy and haven't had much time to get out and about with the camera.

Well, the clocks have changed and the weather has taken a turn for the better (although I hear it's going to start to get worse again now!!) and spring is definitely here as my body has informed me with the sneezing and runny nose - how I love hay fever!!

Here are a couple of spring time photos that I managed to catch in between the sneezes!!





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Light A Candle, Say A Prayer

With the earthquake in New Zealand and then more recently in Japan and the devastation caused by the ensuing tsunami and nuclear power station problems, not to mention the virtual civil war in Libya and other civil struggles throughout north Africa, it really does make you sit back sometimes and see how well off we are.

A friend recently summed it up in one of their status updates on Facebook....."my god we are so lucky to live where we do. god bless all you who are going through tsunamis, earthquakes, civil war and starvation. and we worry about the fuel costs"

Mirror Me

Been taking a few more black and white photographs recently as I really like the strong contrast between highlights and shadows.

Have been thinking of some subjects for this monochrome photography but in the meantime, here is a self portrait of me taken in a mirror.



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Light Installation

I went along to the last viewing of Bruce Munro's light installation at Salisbury Cathedral.

This installation, made from 16,000 recycled bottles featured in the Cathedral's Cloisters. Each water-tower of bottles changed colour to choral music - Very soothing :)

Not too bad considering they were all taken hand held.











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