Bear Lake 2016

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Two weeks ago my family went to Bear Lake for a few days. Most of the photographs I made while at the lake were the "motion" photographs that I included in my last post. I made a few of my traditional style photographs with my digital camera, and even more on film, which aren't developed and scanned yet. Once I get them done, I'll be posting a lot of what I've done over the last few months since I got back into film. 

Sunset After A Clearing Storm, Bear Lake, Utah 2016

Picnic Bench, Bear Lake, Utah 2016

Motion #2

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A few months ago, I was out photographing and the wind was blowing too hard to make the photographs I wanted to make; the photographs were blurry from camera shake. So, I decided to really exaggerate the camera movement and panned the camera from right to left, and left to right, and up and down and came away with some very pleasing results. Ever since then, I've made more of these "motion studies" whenever I've gone out to photograph. I'm thinking there are some real possibilities for a strong portfolio in this process.

Washington Lake

Walking Path, Chism Park

Dock, Lake Washington

Alki Point

Snoqualmie River

Near Kennewick, Washington

Guardrail Along I-82 Near Kennewick, Washington

Approaching the Washington-Oregon Border on I-82

Approaching the Washington-Oregon Border on I-82

Approaching Pendleton, Oregon

Sunset Over Bear Lake at Rendezvous Beach

Sunset Over Bear Lake at Rendezvous Beach

Sunrise Over Bear Lake at Rendezvous Beach

Rendezvous Beach Campground

These next few images were made by rotating the camera during exposure, rather than panning, and the last two were made while panning and rotating the camera. 

Rendezvous Beach

Sunrise Over Bear Lake

Sunrise Over Bear Lake

Sunrise Over Bear Lake

I love how serendipitous this process is. Serendipity is the main reason why I'm so passionate about the lumen process. I discovered that particular process towards the end of my education at BYU Idaho, and it was a nice and needed change from the exactness of working with the Zone System.

I'm really drawn to the way these photographs in motion erase the details of the landscape and reduce it down to its most basic elements. Deep shadows are erased and colors become more pastel in some cases, and even more saturated in others. Shapes emerge that are only revealed, or that are plainly created by the camera's movement. 

This is a process that I'll surely be pursuing.