Cosmic Ray's http://cosmic-rays.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:27:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 nola chick, bywater http://cosmic-rays.com/nola-chick-bywater-feb-2012/ http://cosmic-rays.com/nola-chick-bywater-feb-2012/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:38:25 +0000 admin http://cosmic-rays.com/?p=516 …]]> As people who have paid attention to me for a while should know, I’ve been into multiple exposure photography in the past year, as well as fashion or style photos. I took a few multiple exposure shots last year at NOLA Fashion Week. I had failed, however, to take multiple-exposure shots with an individual model, despite being inspired to take them after seeing some fashion ad photography at seminar on taking photos with a Holga, a medium format camera.

Well, now I have now taken multiple-exposure photos with a model–specifically, The Model Known as Nola Chick. (She’s been featured here before. I have a photo of her in the gallery of my resume site.)

Not all of the shots in this set are multiple exposure, but the set is certainly marked by the use of that technique. Otherwise, what makes the photos, besides the model (who is fantastic to work with; let it be noted), is the setting. I knew I wanted to take photos in the Bywater area of New Orleans, southeast of the French Quarter, when down in the Crescent City for the weekend. I did not know exactly where, however. They were selected on the fly, with Nola Chick in tow, seconding choices.

Please note: Due to sizing issues, I had to create two separate sets, which are both shown below.

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]]> http://cosmic-rays.com/saints-macro/feed/ 0 christmas in canton (2011) http://cosmic-rays.com/christmas-in-canton-2011/ http://cosmic-rays.com/christmas-in-canton-2011/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:57:24 +0000 admin http://cosmic-rays.com/?p=185 …]]> Few towns are as into Christmas as Canton MS, a small town located about 15 minutes north of Jackson’s city limits. Few also get as charming and, in some respects, as arty and eccentric during Christmas as well, even if suburban neighborhoods are rife with light shows now augmented by their own soundtracks, ones that drivers can pick up via FM radio. In any case, you can get a bit of feel for the charm and the town’s Yuletide “animations” here.

]]> http://cosmic-rays.com/christmas-in-canton-2011/feed/ 0 december in new orleans (2011) http://cosmic-rays.com/december-in-new-orleans-2011/ http://cosmic-rays.com/december-in-new-orleans-2011/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:43:03 +0000 admin http://cosmic-rays.com/?p=455 …]]> Featured below are photos I took during a four-day stay in New Orleans in December, during which I attended events related to PhotoNOLA. the city’s annual festival of photography, and ran in the Celebration in the Oaks run, etc. I was only going to stay three days originally, but ended up being put up for an extra night at the Hyatt Regency across from the Superdome. The hotel, which closed after Katrina, had only recently reopened. I had a field day there, so the Hyatt photos dominate this set, but it’s definitely a grab bag. The one above, meanwhile, was taken at The Roosevelt.

]]> http://cosmic-rays.com/december-in-new-orleans-2011/feed/ 0 fall 2011, jackson http://cosmic-rays.com/fall-2011-jackson/ http://cosmic-rays.com/fall-2011-jackson/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:18:57 +0000 admin http://cosmic-rays.com/?p=417 The fall of 2011 was unusually colorful in central Mississippi this year, thanks to dry weather. The proof is in the photos below.

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I have included a video after the gallery, just to give you a bit of a feel for the event. Make of it what you will!

]]> http://cosmic-rays.com/neshoba-county-fair-2011/feed/ 0 mardi gras indians, infrared (2009) http://cosmic-rays.com/mardi-gras-indians-infrared-2009/ http://cosmic-rays.com/mardi-gras-indians-infrared-2009/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:28:21 +0000 admin http://cosmic-rays.com/?p=388 …]]> These were taken on the first and last roll of Kodak HIE infrared black and white, 35mm film that I ever owned. The film is no longer made. It wasn’t quite suited for my camera, a Canon Rebel, and I did not handle it right, nor did I use a red filter as suggested, etc. The shots I ended up with were incredible anyway.

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]]> http://cosmic-rays.com/hawaii-2004-color/feed/ 0 seattle 2007, b&w http://cosmic-rays.com/seattle-black-white/ http://cosmic-rays.com/seattle-black-white/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:54:34 +0000 admin http://cosmic-rays.com/?p=230 …]]> More photos I took in Seattle in the early part of 2007, when I was in town for an academic conference. I digitally re-scanned the 35mm negatives for these images in 2010. I took most of the shots in the city’s downtown business district, or in neighboring Belltown, and took several more at the Space Needle, including the featured shot.

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