Pixel Darkroom Photography

Today I saw a short film with a man who was comparing the domino effect and the decisions in our life. They are so many and they influence other decisions, other people and so many other things. The key thing was that we take so little time making so many of these decisions and the effect applies so quickly, just like the domino pieces, as they move from one to the other so quickly. It made me think about my decisions.
I thought about building the image below with the empty chair because so many times we are not even “there” as we make decisions. Most of them happen fast, little time goes into making them and we want to move on to the next thing. Then we might end up wondering why our life is the way it is, why our children are the way they are, why our relationships are where they are and many times we are looking for someone else to blame. Just a thought.

Strobist info: 580 EX II CL with snoot and blue gels, CR with snoot and red gels, and CL on the chair in the background with a coroplast (corrugated plastic) grid-spot. Shot at f22 with a diopter filer and flashes anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 +/- EV.

I’m not going green. This is just my son’s science experiment (the growing grass in a yogurt container) and that’s one of my AAA batteries that I stuck in there for scale. Day 106.

green battery

Strobist info: 580 EX II CL @ 64th with a gobo not to flare into my lens, and 580 EX II @64 +2/3 CR above handheld, both fired via radio triggers.

Real games for real people.

Pac Man

Strobist info: 580 EX II via PW at 1/4 (or so) zoomed to 105mm, hand held, CR. 10″ exposure at f22. Focus on the joystick, expose for the TV and then figure out the ratios. I use f22 to get the TV in focus.