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I’m a huge science/physics geek, I used to watch Beakman’s World and Bill Nye religiously after school and on Saturday mornings. If there was a science book at the library, no matter the subject, I’d borrow it and read it. One part of physics and science I have always loved and really respected is light.
Traveling at 186,000+ miles per second and the only thing that can stop it is a black hole. It just bloody captivates me.

If you pay attention to my Flickr feed, you no doubt have seen images like above. While friends of mine have been playing with Tilt Shift photography, I’m turning every light off in my meager apartment, opening the shutter and aperture all the way and swiping my iPhone in front of the lens. Trying to understand light in front of the lens. My next step? Reflecting light off my hand, arm, and other bits. Seeing what I don’t normally see, with colors you really wouldn’t expect to see.
My reasoning behind this, when I get everything together, and my first photoshoot is happening, there are gonna be a few experimental shots like above. The only difference is that there will be a human there hopefully reflecting light. Light, creating shadows, reflecting back. I’m seriously all about seeing things in a new (pardon my horrid pun), but light. We see humans everyday under normal light, they go to and fro, doing what they need to do. I want to see things differently, I want to experiment. Photography is my drug, and the only way I’ll get high is with experimenting.
I’ve been taken back by a certain photographer, Chase Lisbon (you can find him at Flings.com, and Supercult.com both sites are superly NSFW). It really boils down to how he uses light, and it’s really freaking insane.
Some may frown on little light, you can’t capture the person/subject, you don’t see the whole scene.
Bullshit.
Some of the most amazing photography I’ve seen of him is little to no light, highlighting certain areas where the light just caresses the subject. The pictures Chase posted on Flngs, they’re on my iPhone and I’ll be rotating them as my wallpaper, work safe or not, the pictures are amazing, and if there is a book of his stuff, I’ll buy copies for me and my friends.
I’ll be playing with light, emulating what I like, adding my own little twists and turns. The more and more I play with my photography, the more I see where I want to go and how I want my style to form. If I get lost, I’ll turn to friends, and the people I look up to for inspiration. Even if they are a bit odd and out of the norm.

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