In the photography classes I had taken, there was always (ok, two, I only took two) an assignment photographing with light. While I was not taking a class to learn this new fangled digital photography stuff. I still attempted the assignment.

Now, learning a new camera and essentially a new media since I was new to digital, should seem like enough of an experiment to take on. Oh, no! That is not this little hippie’s groove. I had to wrangle a clothed naked cat into posing for me.

As you can see there were three things she was not overly pleased with. #1 The cheesy homemade blue velvet sweater, #2 The photo shoot in genral and #3 Me! She only tolerates me because I feed her. The “orb” or “crystal Ball” if you will, is the light fixture from over my kitchen sink. I put one of those battery operated candles in it. Went with the bubble photo shoot back ground. After little cooperation from Ms. Frida Naked kitty, I became enlightened and boke open the tuna! That’s how we get those bright eye pic’s. I wonder if the sound of a can of tuna opening is as refreshing for her, as the sound of a can of soda opening is for me? (What?) Moving on, nothing to see here.

And what did this experiment teach us? That with a little bribery and a lot of shutter snaps you will get one or two glorious photos and a ton of comical ones. In the end, I believe my little Prima Donna ended up as satisified as I was. Then another poor soul of my tribe came along and I coerced him into being my victim/subject.

My kid the infamous Dom, he tolerates me too because I feed him from time to time. Now I remember in one of my photography clasess, the picture with light was not supposed to have a human subject included. I remember frantically struggling to complete the assignment in time because I didn’t like any of the subjects I was comming up with. I had been photographing a snowman shaped holder in the dark with a candle as a last ditch effort. Then the infamous Dom, as a toddler, walked up to blow out the candle. I decided that was the shot, subject be damned. The proffessor ended up accepting my human subject light photo and even gave me props. I believe my mom has that photo, but the middle photo above is what struck the musing memory. Another human subject light photo with the infamous Dom, as a man instead of a toddler. They both are perfect photographs in my eyes.

Finishing up the Light Photograph tour brings us to the finish line of what you do for a subject when you can no longer bribe victims to be your subject. You work with a remote shutter button or go back to your trusty old friends the bubbles. This experiment was mostly learning the camera and getting the correct apeture and shutter speads to get a desirable photo. I think I achieved it, happy hippie here.

I am so glad you dropped by. Come back soon and sample some more hippie antics!

Peace, Love and Bribes,

Hippy Ang