Visual adventure from Carlos Eliason
Winter is down time for me. I don’t snowboard, ski or even hang out in the snow that much. Not that I don’t mind the cold, it just seems… off-limits. Hence a rut I fall in to, every year. The sky is gray, colors sapped, and energy gone. Random ideas fall into play with light … Continue reading Winter abstracts and character study
Fourth of July seems as good of item as any to hop in the pool and grab the camera. I used to do this more often, but lack of time and willing models never helps the process. I’ve missed it so much! Water and light do interesting and odd things, especially with color and shape. … Continue reading Summertime pool fun
I probably hadn’t my hands on the first digital camera of mine for more than a few months before I was quickly tinkering with exposure and composition in ways that would inform my future photographer-self. A Pentax K20D body, and two manual focus lenses, a 28mm and 50mm, I set about photographing anything I could, … Continue reading Portraits of my Parents, 2009
I get the sense that JE Paino is at his best after a long, hard day of working the fields. Sun overhead, and hops growing like wildfire, dirt under his finger nails and sweat on his brow, this is where he hits a stride. Owner of Ruhstaller Beer in Sacramento, CA, I recently had the … Continue reading Ruhstaller Beer for Comstock’s magazine
Taking on some new assignments for a local magazine (more on that later) means I’ve got to upgrade to some light modifiers. I hate not having extra light on hand for paid gigs, and that leads to buying new gear, of course. I buckle down and grab myself some proper light stands, umbrellas, etc. Off … Continue reading Open sky, open shutter – Lighting equipment test
I’ve been playing with a unique visuals language of double exposure portraits for some time now, reaching for something beyond the digital doubles often seen as of late. With a sort of color “subraction” I’m playing with the RGB levels of each image to combine and create an actual double exposure, one where each layer … Continue reading ‘Janus Girl’ A double exposure portrait series
I don’t remember when it first struck me as critical. To my eye, the light must have glowed, the shades of hue must have been on fire. Thick layers of pigment, piled on sweetly. “A quality of light, a tone,” says John Steinbeck, describing a mood or feeling in a scene drenched in morning sun; … Continue reading Ignitas creativitas
