Inkables
January 9, 2011 12:55 AM Subscribe
Paul Bilger's Flickr stream is full of beautiful, otherworldly photos, many created with ink in water and long or multiple exposures. They range from curved and abstract to fractal-like. Also, there are some pretty trees.
These ink drops in water - taken with a very short exposure - are also quite beautiful.
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:41 AM on January 9, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:41 AM on January 9, 2011 [1 favorite]
Love it. It's like two dimensional cloud glass - beautiful flowing lines that you can completely get lost in.
posted by Ahab at 5:18 AM on January 9, 2011
posted by Ahab at 5:18 AM on January 9, 2011
Thanks, very interesting. Can anyone explain the technique being used?
posted by senor biggles at 5:50 AM on January 9, 2011
posted by senor biggles at 5:50 AM on January 9, 2011
I'm afraid the technique is a mystery - I just happened across it yesterday evening and though I'd share. I'm thinking just experimentation with lighting, multiple flashes and exposures, etc.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 1:08 PM on January 9, 2011
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 1:08 PM on January 9, 2011
Re: exposure technique
This doesn't really answer your question, but according to Paul Bilger's etsy store:
I create my works using a digital camera. Each image is created using longer than normal exposure times combined with the movement of the camera and/or the subject. After the photos are taken, post-process is limited to (at most!) creating negatives, global color adjustments, and/or cropping. None of my photos involve digital painting, local coloring, cgi, or form distorting filters. I don't think anything is wrong with those techniques, but these constraints seem to work best given my aesthetic. Most works also available in 16x20.
In this particular album of experimental photography he describe his self-imposed constraints:
experimental photography with these limitations:
1.) No painting, filtering, cutting (beyond cropping), local color manipulation, superimposition, or multiple exposures.
2.)The following techniques *are* permitted: cropping, global color manipulation (hue, saturation, etc.), filtered b&w, negative, rotation, long exposures, abnormal focusing, abnormal lighting.
In a comment on his flickr stream he says that he uses long exposures with low ISOs and low lighting with a "strange variety of materials."
posted by killingpretty at 9:12 AM on January 10, 2011
This doesn't really answer your question, but according to Paul Bilger's etsy store:
I create my works using a digital camera. Each image is created using longer than normal exposure times combined with the movement of the camera and/or the subject. After the photos are taken, post-process is limited to (at most!) creating negatives, global color adjustments, and/or cropping. None of my photos involve digital painting, local coloring, cgi, or form distorting filters. I don't think anything is wrong with those techniques, but these constraints seem to work best given my aesthetic. Most works also available in 16x20.
In this particular album of experimental photography he describe his self-imposed constraints:
experimental photography with these limitations:
1.) No painting, filtering, cutting (beyond cropping), local color manipulation, superimposition, or multiple exposures.
2.)The following techniques *are* permitted: cropping, global color manipulation (hue, saturation, etc.), filtered b&w, negative, rotation, long exposures, abnormal focusing, abnormal lighting.
In a comment on his flickr stream he says that he uses long exposures with low ISOs and low lighting with a "strange variety of materials."
posted by killingpretty at 9:12 AM on January 10, 2011
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