Comments on: truck by moonlight

By: kaiyen

kaiyen — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:55:53 +0000

I do all of my own B&W film development, and then scan from there (unless it’s large format, which I still wet-print because it’s just cool . I don’t do my own color development, though – it’s just not cost effective. I have fun with the B&W film, though..

By: wabes

wabes — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:01:13 +0000

that’s so amazing! i was also going to ask how you make yourself disappear…but clearly, it’s that fascinating mix of technology, talent, and magic. do you ever get to do your own darkroom stuff?

By: kaiyen

kaiyen — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:55:21 +0000

With a 45 minute exposure, the amount of time that I am in any one spot is very short compared to the overall exposure. I might be to the right of the truck cab for, say, 1 minute total. I’m there for such a short amount of time and unless I were shining a light on myself it’s almost impossible for me to show up. I’ve done 2 minute exposures where I have walked through them and not showed up, though again I am only ever in one spot for just a fraction of the total time. Kinda freaky, but it works.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:56:48 +0000

How do you walk around and shine light on the truck without making yourself a blurred presence in the photo or somehow altering/messing up the shot? I’ve never done long exposure photography before.

By: kaiyen

kaiyen — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:37:00 +0000

Thanks. Though I have to say that it’s basically “set up camera, open shutter, wait 45 minutes” with stuff like this. The magic is when I actually receive the film back. Who knows until then

By: Mrs.Smong

Mrs.Smong — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:54:14 +0000

Love the photo Allan … I wish I had this kind of talent : )