2009 Lenexa art festival

***UPDATE**** Just wanted to share with everybody, I did receive the honor of the first place in the 2009 Latino Art Bravisimo art contest. Of course, it wasn't the picture I thought had the best chance, but nevertheless, I'm so happy. This year's contest seemed to had better attendance, and the food was great! Thank you to the City of Lenexa and to El Centro, for making this possible. Now, here's the proof!




Getting ready for this year's Bravisimo Art Festival. Last year, I shared the first price with a very talented painter. My ghost town series was at display at the Lenexa town hall. This year, I wanted to do something more experimental.

I chose a mix of techniques. multiple exposure and light painting.
I wanted to do something at a bigger scale too, in a wooded setting. so after scouting for places, I settled for Shawnee mission park. A little side note, when going to the woods, make sure you have your bug spray at hand.


This is how it looked like to begin with:













Then, I went around the place, taking the same picture with a light source, around 30 times. the trick is to put them together. the final image is a mix of all of them, a "multiple exposure" of sorts. This is what a photographer does in the woods.













I'll post the image after I deliver it to the contest. I hope the judges like it!




Ok, these are the photographs entered into the contest.


Tho make this one, I took about 36 photographs, placing the lights at different places each time, and then put them all together into one single image. This is called a multiple exposure.
Takes lots of time and patience. in this particular case, bug repellent too. So the light in the picture comes from just two hand held flashes and available light.




This one is a cemetery in Chiapas, Mexico. what makes it special, is that this was taken with an Infra red modified camera. This is, what you see in the image is not visible light. was infra red radiation, (invisible to the eye). then, with software, that wavelenght is reapplied into the visible spectrum. this makes green foliage look white, and a very contrasty sky. Notice the little girl at the edge of the road on the left side.








This one, of course. Onions. lots of them. looks different because was lit by a headlamp, through a fifteen second exposure.
So that's it. Hope I have luck this year too!







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