I know I am addicted to books. I rarely throw a book away or even give it away. I have been known to loan out a book but if I do I will be after you to get it back to me. When I started down this photography journey I immediately turned to books. I wanted to read about this new joy of mine. To learn as much as I could.
And I don’t just borrow them from the library, I buy them. They become part of my collection. Imagine my joy when after receiving one of David duChemin’s books from my kids for Christmas I discovered his Craft & Vision website. I found the eBooks! Admittedly I went a little nuts. I’m still working my way through reading all the ones I downloaded.
I recently finished Andrew Gibson’s book Slow – The Magic of Long-Exposure Photography. I have known about and even attempted some long exposure images but reading this book really opened my eyes to new possibilities. I’m no reviewer so I will defer to Scott Thomas at Views Infinitum who reviewed this book last November.
Here is another image from my night at Delta Lake which is a result of Gibson’s eBook…
And the same image in its original color version…
Extreme long exposures have always fascinated me. You never know what you will get until you see it. You made the unfrozen water look like ice here.
I was always intrigued by long exposure but until I read the book I didn’t realize the endless possibilities. With this image I think it was important to have movement in the water (which there was) so the longer exposure could smooth it out without the reflections being mirror perfect.
I really like this picture it captures the light beautifully. Thanks for the book recommendations, I also love reading about photography.
Thanks! I had great conditions that night.
gorgeous!
Thanks!