Anna Keiser: Vision

Nighttime skyline of businesses across from Sloan's Lake in Denver.

After a long night of work at the local McDonald's, my vision becomes a bit blurry. The city lights are bright and make me squint. I believe that artists have a vision in everything they create, such as the architects that built the strip of businesses on Sheridan. With a long exposure and some movement, you get a vision of something completely different.

Movement: Matthew Moore

Moving Truck © 2012 Matthew Moore

On a late, dark, and warm summer night everything seems to be in motion.  In the case above you can see a moving van literally moving (pun intended).

Even the moving truck gets engulfed by elements of movement—the artificial rays, beams, and spots of light from other moving cars, stop lights, and street lights.

Speaking of light did you know that the speed of light is generally rounded down to 186,000 miles per second and that its made of electro-magnetic radiation and travels in a straight path?

Anyway, thank you light for making photography possible and for allowing me to capture interesting shots like this one.

MOVEMENT - Tip

Movement [moov-muhnt]

1. the act of, process, or result of moving
2. a particular manner or style of moving

Well, I might add that the dictionary was a great source of defining movement!  What causes movement? Where does movement begin?  Without stating the obvious - gravity, what is movement? I know its inertia or motion but lets have fun with this.

Does movement exist without gravity?  What forces of nature create or cause movement - less the human factor? Then movement may not exist.

I don't know exactly what it is, but its cool.  Without movement things would be quite boring.  There would be no wind blowing through the trees, waterfalls flowing, and birds soaring through the air.

I recently visited Salt Lake City and captured this image of movement.  With the affect of timed exposure its pretty cool, otherwise, just plan ole' movement.

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"Every little movement has a meaning all its own"
- Otto Harbach -

Justin Stapp: Beauty

Beauty, what is it? I think it can always be argued because of personal opinions and biases. There are few things though that no matter who you are take your breath away and I think anyone will agree that are beautiful. Grandness is usually the key for me, whether it be a huge mountain landscape, vast clear a calm oceans, weather fronts with huge clouds, or a clear view of the stars in the night sky. All things in nature are inspiring and incredibly beautiful to me. I saw some imagery from Ben Canales on G+ a while back and was enthralled with it. Now that I have some equipment that will allow me to do so I am going to start playing with some star photography and this is my first exploration into that.

Creepy: Berry Oliver

Light can be used to give a sense of warmth and comfort. However if you use light in combination with total darkness, it can have the reverse effect and make you feel uncomfortable and scared.

Motion-Nick Belohlavy

Driving and motion go together. Even standing still you know that the automobile will move. Some vehicles you can tell by their personality that they are ready to move, make motion, get from point A to B. This Ford Focus is where the automobile is going. Fuel efficient, stylish, small, and aimed at a younger demographic.

Motion/Nick B

I was out exploring a new set of buildings I had found in Weld County, Colorado. There were some fast moving clouds overhead, and light pollution from a new community over the hill. I simply set up the tripod and set the camera for 30 Seconds at F5.6 ISO 400.