Daily Photoblog with images by Sean M Puckett
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This is a cropped portion of "Ira", one of the images featured in <i>Seven</i><br /><br /><img title="" height="450" src="http://photi.ca/photos/366120239_F8nGH-M-1.jpg" width="450"><br /><br />To see all of Ira and the other six sins, come to my opening at the <a href="www.homerwatson.on.ca">Homer Watson House &amp; Gallery</a> this Sunday Sep 7 from 2-4pm. <br /><br /><br /> <a name="cutid1"></a><b>The sin</b>: I'm interpreting ira as wrath, fury, rage and/or anger, perhaps with violence.<br /><br /><b>Concept</b>: Wrath was perhaps the easiest image to visualize. Anger and destruction invoke the colour red and sharp, harsh textures.<br /><br /><b>Raw material</b>: I knew early on I wanted to start with broken glass -- it's sharp and scary looking, and an easy result of anger -- and so I set about my studio to do just that: break glass. I had found a small box of offcuts framing glass from a framing shop by the side of the road, so had lots of glass to play with. <br /><br /><b>On the set</b>: It was difficult, however, figuring out just how to break it in a controlled fashion, especially since I needed a backdrop behind the glass that would survive the breaking force but provide no distractions. After many experiments with glass flying around the room and some broken black stoneware, I wound up putting a small cloth over each pane of glass and smacking it briskly with a small hammer. For the background, one of my old squares of mounted black velvet served well, as did a small sheet of steel. Several sets of broken glass were augmented with some red paint, but in the end I used a frame that was just glass on velvet and obtained red by shifting the glass's blue/green halfway around the spectrum. <br /><br /><b>Photo tech</b>: To light the glass, I used two small strobes set very low, lighting the glass on edge, and set white cardboard atop each strobe to shield the camera lens from them. Most of the shots were done hand-held with extension tubes on the 85mm lens at F8 or F11 to maximize sharpness and depth-of-field, but this shot and two others were done with a fisheye lens. <br /><br /><b>Post-processing</b>: Much trial and error and a lot of fortuitous experimentation brought me to the final image. As mentioned, the red was derived by shifting the glass's native blue/green to another part of the spectrum. Strong warping produced the ripples that remind me strongly of impact shockwaves, and also created the white radial impact lines. The texture of the glass appears near the centre of the ripples and looks very sharp and dangerous -- just as I'd hoped. I chose to use a focal blur technique on the outer edges of the image to provoke the feeling of the tunnel vision one gets when furious; some strong vignetting (corner darkening) helped there also.<br /><br /><b>Warping transformation</b>: Rho_Source = ( J * ASIN( Rho_Image ) ) ( 1/K ) , aspect ratio alteration, 3D rotation and projection, focal blur and vignetting.<br /><br />A printed series journal with all seven image statements including the formulas and raw exposures, will be at the gallery for the duration of the exhibition.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/3652688_KP9By/1/365646389_VMZ7L/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="344" height="600" src="http://photi.ca/photos/365646389_VMZ7L-L-1.jpg"></a><br /><br />Hood release latch, Cadillac, ca.195x. Image # CH01 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/3652688_KP9By/1/365646389_VMZ7L/Large">View in Gallery</a>. Haven't been posting much due to <a href="http://catbear.livejournal.com/518620.html">show</a> preparations.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/2475836_C278i/1/359607576_tAiz5/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="450" height="450" src="http://photi.ca/photos/359607576_tAiz5-M.jpg"></a><br /><br />Image # CG24 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/2475836_C278i/1/359607576_tAiz5/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5767339_meLBf"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="600" height="400" src="http://photi.ca/photos/356754606_pcNXK-M.jpg"></a><br /><br />From a promo shoot last night for the <a href="http://kwlt.org/12_ANGRY_MEN.152.0.html">KWLT production of Twelve Angry Men</a>. In this shot, I set the actors on either side of a long table so I could shoot "down" the perspective lines, leading the eye into the image and into the scene. The actors' arms and hands, pointing and extended, lend a sense of the conflict taking place in the play. I did a couple other shots at a higher angle with more table space left open for text, i.e. for a poster. <br /><br /><a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5767339_meLBf">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/3652688_KP9By/1/349843152_WxB4h/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="600" height="444" src="http://photi.ca/photos/349843152_WxB4h-M.jpg"></a><br /><br />Image # CG13 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/3652688_KP9By/1/349843152_WxB4h/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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Here's some 1:1 close-ups of the previous series' images. <br /><br /><a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5693954_DqhpP"><img src="http://seanmpuckett.smugmug.com/photos/355541364_MpLHq-O.jpg"></a>
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5693954_DqhpP/1/349859211_ieqWu/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="600" height="338" src="http://photi.ca/photos/349859211_ieqWu-M.jpg"></a><br /><br />Last of the Direct Image series, for now. <br /><br />Image # CG03 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5693954_DqhpP/1/349859211_ieqWu/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5693954_DqhpP/1/349856204_7EjMH/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="338" height="600" src="http://photi.ca/photos/349856204_7EjMH-L.jpg"></a><br /><br />Image # CG05 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5693954_DqhpP/1/349856204_7EjMH/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5693954_DqhpP/1/349857964_sDYWq/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="600" height="338" src="http://photi.ca/photos/349857964_sDYWq-M.jpg"></a><br /><br />Image # CG04 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5693954_DqhpP/1/349857964_sDYWq/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5693954_DqhpP/1/349860278_KUGwY/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="600" height="338" src="http://photi.ca/photos/349860278_KUGwY-M.jpg"></a><br /><br />Another lensless image. <br /><br />Image # CG02 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5693954_DqhpP/1/349860278_KUGwY/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5693954_DqhpP/1/349854820_MbhUH/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="600" height="338" src="http://photi.ca/photos/349854820_MbhUH-M.jpg"></a><br /><br />Another lensless exposure.<br /><br />Image # CG06 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5693954_DqhpP/1/349854820_MbhUH/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5693954_DqhpP/1/349851314_8h48J/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="375" height="600" src="http://photi.ca/photos/349851314_8h48J-L.jpg"></a><br /><br />This is the first in a short experimental series exploring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caustic_(optics)">caustic</a> imagery. No traditional lens was used; the sensor was exposed directly to light. The detail (not visible on the web) is stunning in its complexity and beauty.<br /><br />Image # CG08 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5693954_DqhpP/1/349851314_8h48J/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/2270842_RQ7bb/1/342007139_3jdda/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="600" height="350" src="http://photi.ca/photos/342007139_3jdda-M.jpg"></a><br /><br />Image # CF23 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/2270842_RQ7bb/1/342007139_3jdda/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/2303036_3zWiN/1/342662856_n7NSp/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="338" height="600" src="http://photi.ca/photos/342662856_n7NSp-L.jpg"></a><br /><br />Image # CG01 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/2303036_3zWiN/1/342662856_n7NSp/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/2270842_RQ7bb/1/342008181_XyyHD/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="238" height="600" src="http://photi.ca/photos/342008181_XyyHD-L.jpg"></a><br /><br />Image # CF25 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/2270842_RQ7bb/1/342008181_XyyHD/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/2475836_C278i/1/342007806_Uf9kJ/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="347" height="600" src="http://photi.ca/photos/342007806_Uf9kJ-L.jpg"></a><br /><br />Image # CF24 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/2475836_C278i/1/342007806_Uf9kJ/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/4727107_6ZsAC/1/327985897_2RrZp/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="600" height="395" src="http://photi.ca/photos/327985897_2RrZp-M-5.jpg"></a><br /><br />A recent addition to the <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/4727107_6ZsAC">Buildings and Branches</a> series I started this past winter. Image # CF09
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5555948_4DCT9"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="440" height="600" src="http://photi.ca/photos/340382056_FLf9b-L.jpg"></a><br /><br />I'm doing photography for a <a href="http://www.kwlt.org">local theatre group</a>. This shoot is from a production of the Three Musketeers. The cast runs through (heh) the fight sequences before each production to make sure everyone's moves are perfect. <br /><br />Unfortunately, 3M has now closed, and there wasn't an opportunity for costumed shots as I only just got involved with the group last week. The next production is Twelve Angry Men, and while there won't be any swords, the period clothing and staging should prove fascinating material for photography. <br /><br />Click on the image to go to the gallery with 31 what I consider acceptable images out of about 550 shot in 45 minutes with a D200. Although I brought a couple of strobes, I elected not to use them for safety (bright flashes of light & swords do not mix well), so these are stage lit only and ISO 800. Probably equal number of frames shot with the 50mm and 85mm primes (mostly wide open) and the 18-200 with VR active. Culling with ACDSee Pro, post processing with Bibble 4 and my plug-ins.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5555948_4DCT9"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="440" height="600" src="http://photi.ca/photos/340382056_FLf9b-L.jpg"></a><br /><br />I'm doing photography for a <a href="http://www.kwlt.org">local theatre group</a>. This shoot is from a production of the Three Musketeers. The cast runs through (heh) the fight sequences before each production to make sure everyone's moves are perfect. <br /><br />Unfortunately, 3M has now closed, and there wasn't an opportunity for costumed shots as I only just got involved with the group last week. The next production is Twelve Angry Men, and while there won't be any swords, the period clothing and staging should prove fascinating material for photography. <br /><br />Click on the image to go to the gallery with 31 what I consider acceptable images out of about 550 shot in 45 minutes with a D200. Probably equal number of frames shot with the 50mm and 85mm primes and the workhorse 18-200. Culling with ACDSee Pro, post processing with Bibble 4 and my plug-ins.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5363151_3UHmH/1/327983629_qoXZf/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="207" height="600" src="http://photi.ca/photos/327983629_qoXZf-L-3.jpg"></a><br /><br />Image # CF13 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5363151_3UHmH/1/327983629_qoXZf/Large">View in Gallery</a>.<br /><br />This is my favorite in the series. I'm looking forward to printing it six feet tall; like all of the Interfaces, it's best enjoyed very, very large.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5363151_3UHmH/1/327982472_eApZB/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="600" height="152" src="http://photi.ca/photos/327982472_eApZB-M.jpg"></a><br /><br />Image # CF15 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5363151_3UHmH/1/327982472_eApZB/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5363151_3UHmH/1/327978415_96KZ5/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="352" height="600" src="http://photi.ca/photos/327978415_96KZ5-L.jpg"></a><br /><br />Image # CF22 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5363151_3UHmH/1/327978415_96KZ5/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5363151_3UHmH/1/327984358_fnwEG/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="600" height="285" src="http://photi.ca/photos/327984358_fnwEG-M.jpg"></a><br /><br />Image # CF12 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5363151_3UHmH/1/327984358_fnwEG/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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Reorganized the gallery site again. Retired a couple dozen images. More importantly, I updated the Catalogue PDFs with the latest work and categories, also a new thumbnail size auto adjuster. The image title is also shown now, not just the image code.<br /><br />Catalogue links on the front page of the <a href="http://photi.ca">gallery</a> site.
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<a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5363151_3UHmH/1/327978909_qYpmG/Large"><img style="border:1px solid black;background:white;padding:10px" width="394" height="600" src="http://photi.ca/photos/327978909_qYpmG-L.jpg"></a><br /><br />Image # CF21 <a href="http://photi.ca/gallery/5363151_3UHmH/1/327978909_qYpmG/Large">View in Gallery</a>.
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