Something that it seems most people forget about lighting is that darkness is just as important to it as light is. The two complement each other in such a way that one doesn’t even exist without the other. Sometimes new photographers are so concerned with getting “the right” exposure (50% grey), that they don’t stop to think about all the possibilities they can achieve by over or under exposing the amount of light they are allowing the camera to capture. The dark shrouds in mystery, while the light highlights and illuminates. All too often a blank flatly lit scene is nowhere near as interesting as a one with dynamic interesting shadows and highlights.

This Ted talk is mostly architectural lighting, but I think it applies just as well to photography. Check it out:

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I recently found an old rusty vintage refrigerator at the dump heading for the scrap pile. I scoped it out, and figured it still looked like it might work, plus I needed a new fridge for my home-brew. So I took it home, plugged it in and it clicked on immediately… so I got to work. After a few hours of sanding, painting, drilling and re-insulating… here is the result:

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I’m not much of a writer, so when I was playing around designing some spec print ads today, and I decided to challenge myself to see how far I could get with a print ad without writing any copy.

The Cold War Kids put a killer show on at The Vogue Theater last night. Opening band “A Lull” popped their “international cherry” as they warmed the crowd up. They then proceeded to pound a few beers before giving up the stage to the headliners for a high energy sold out show .

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