I went to the gym and shot baskets for an hour-and-a-half today, to warm up for a wheelchair basketball tournament this weekend.
So I'll post a picture or two and explain what I hope to do with this thing.
This first shot kind of sums up what I do, photographically. Taken in May, 2006, this is one of several shots from the deck of the ferry the night my wife and I made the move from Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island. Having a digital SLR, I am able to change the "film" sensitivity to shoot sometimes without a tripod in situations where I'd otherwise need one. There was a very nice graduated sunset over the water, and a fingernail sliver of moon up in the very dark blue. I shot several with the moon in view; very literal shots. I then took the ISO("film" speed) down to a more slow setting and began using the camera's camera chip, where the picture is "taken" as a canvas. I reasoned that I wanted the horizon to be relatively defined, in comparison to the "painting" element of the photo. Of a second-and-a-half exposure time, I tried to hold the horizon where I wanted(to make it more evident) for roughly 3/4 of the time, then "swiped" the camera upwards to paint the other colours the way they are.
I hope to post photos of mine from both my portfolio and new work, and perhaps discuss the thinking behind them and what they mean to me. Please feel free to comment, or check out www.paulvienneau.com, which is my personal website for my work (I am currently updating and re-designing the website for re-launch this month or so).
