Tuesday Twice: Sky Dancer on Pointe
In the world, above the world, not of the world
This is one of my first posts, from 2011. The sky was shot with Kodachrome 64 at the ranch where I lived. With her company, the dancer rehearsed on a black stage while the lighting technicians played with the lights. The ballet company granted permission to shoot without any flash to distract the dancers. There was no telling when the spotlights would change in location, color, intensity or spread. Using 400 ASA black and white film (pushed to 1000 in processing), listening to the music, watching the dancers’ movements in hopes of anticipating peak moments (when the dancers’ movements only seem to stop), I shot over 120 frames. Perhaps year after that, in the darkroom, I laid the negative of the dancer on top of the slide of the sky to make a print. Many more years later, I scanned a print of that result and created my post.
Of course, photography has evolved since the days I shot film, Kodachrome or black and white … since the days of stinky, chemical-laden air of darkrooms … since the hours laboring to correct blemishes on film or print. So, too, has my blogging technique … periodically, on Tuesday, take a look back to some of my earliest efforts at digital photos in the blogosphere.
Top down, a mighty big place
Looking south from the trail …
Or looking north from the top of The Nipple, “I see skies of blue” above the Pacific Crest Trail.
Sunday rain flames out
After the rain, as the day ends, the setting sun ignites the clearing clouds.
SunRise and Shine
“… the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
Weekend Sky #19 — March 6 (somewhere)
Lens — Artist Challenge #135: A Glimpse into my World A Photo a Week Challenge: Something New
In the beginning was the Word
… and the Word was with God and the Word was God
“Let there be lights …
in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years …”