Straight Fit

Straight Fit

Just in case "the Gap" ever needs my services... :) Now that would be nice. Actually, this is the end result of facilitating the need to test photography techniques in ones own home. This idea hit me a while back when I was in a dressing room trying on these jeans just before I bought 'em.

Have you ever been in a Gap and noticed how much flourescent light they flood those dressing rooms with? How about the store? Did you notice how evenly distributed the light looks in there? Why is it that those red jackets are conveniently hung next to the yellow ones with maybe some jeans on shelves just below? Ok, maybe just me - but, the fact is that those jeans look good fairly decent on that rack. Once outside they just never quite look the same. It's akin to buying a piece of glass artwork from a table of dozens of other similar pieces. Once you have that one special purchase at home it just doesn't look as attractive sitting on your own shelf under some dingy yellow bulbs.














In this particular setup I wanted to 1) attempt to reproduce what the jeans looked like hanging on the wall in the dressing room - don't ask me why, and 2) try some long exposure "light painting." The top image is fairly straight forward minus the duotone tweak during post production. The cool blue image was made with my cell phone. Cell phones have all sorts of neat blue buttons and built in lamps to project all sorts of interesting light. The 3rd image was made with a lighter. At near 30 seconds of exposure, my fingers felt the heat quickly. I only made 2 attempts at this "gap" light-writing. I kept the first image over the second. If the last photo (below) makes you a little dizzy, well, maybe I accomplished the effect. A slight twist of the lens barrel during the exposure gives this image a somewhat drunken effect.

Overall, it was a quick and easy way to experiment with the camera without having to get in the car to find images. Our local fair is in town. Hopefully I can make it before it ends on Sunday. Stay tuned!
















PS - Thank you for visiting my photoblog to check out my latest toyings with photography. You people - the 3 or 4 of you that visit regularly make it worthwhile.