windflow

Zen

NIKON D800

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Aperture f/25.0 ISO 640 Shutter 1/1250

upload_date

Feb, 2013

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Behind The Lens

Location

In a wind tunnel

Time

It was taken indoors and it could have been ANYTIME of day or night.

Lighting

We rent a large strobe that we position on top of the wind tunnel. We also use gels to add color to the photos.

Equipment

We have shot with Canon, Nikon and Hassleblad. Macro lens. Canon Speed light or rental strobe.

Inspiration

Our intent is to move away from representational photography and embark on an examination of more abstract shapes and forms. We are exploring interactions of wind and light by using an innovative approach to capture the essence of wind movement and convey its transient nature. Smoke is introduced into a wind tunnel and allowed to flow over various objects. As the wind and smoke interact, extraordinary patterns are created in the wake behind the objects as a result of inherent physical laws. These patterns reflect and are the result of many factors including the shape of the object, the speed of the airflow in the wind tunnel and the location of the camera with respect to the object. “Ethereal” and “organic” are words that describe the images we capture that seek to draw the observer into an evolving, dynamic view of art and nature.

Editing

We are doing minimal amount of post processing in Lightroom and Photoshop.

In my camera bag

We have everything but the kitchen sink in our bag because we never know what we need or what we will have to devise to make the shot work. Several camera bodies, levels, tape measures, barriers to put in the way of the smoke, lenses, CF cards, batteries, battery chargers, strobes,flash lights, remote shutter release, wired shutter release, clamps, tape, gels, string, tape, super mag slider and anything else that will fit.

Feedback

Be patient! Sometimes it will take 4 or 5 hours to set up a shot and a thousand to get an image we like.

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