Day 6. January 9th 2011

With another busy day I post this blog a bit later than usual. I didn't set my self a target yesterday, i think mostly out of tiredness. So I was thinking all day as to what to photograph. The more I thought about it, the  more an idea eluded me. Many idea's throughout my day in the studio popped into my head and then popped out again before I could close the door and lock them inside my sponge like noggin.

But the idea of shapes came into my head again and I tried a few failed attempts to project images and shapes on a wall with my flash but doing it off the cuff without thinking or really setting things up, it all failed rather spectacularly. I have to admit I also thought of doing more cat pictures but as tiredness started to envelope me I couldn't think up a fresh way to portrait the cats which didn't resemble my last effort.

Finally I was sorting out my camera bag and I picked up my camera spirit level, which is designed for putting on a camera when trying to get the thing level (something I failed to use yesterday). A few quick snaps and a couple of colour adjustments later and voila; The Cube was born.

It looks a little like something out of the movie Tron, I haven't seen the new Legacy version yet so please no spoilers.

Tomorrow I will try something which uses long exposure. Which means I keep the shutter open long enough to catch the blurriness of motion in an image or maybe the crisp lines of headlights zooming by...

Laters alligators,
Gordon