Artist Julie Powell uses a light-painting technique to create luminous floral images. See more of her portfolio by visiting her website.
In 2007 I received a digital camera for Christmas after expressing some interest in photography. I had no idea how to use the camera, so I signed up for a digital photography class.
Our first assignment was to take many photos of subjects in our own yard. Luckily for me, I had numerous beautiful flowers in my garden and so I knew exactly where I would begin.
I remember shooting closeups of various plants one afternoon and, as the sun started to set, I didn’t want to stop. I grabbed a few flashlights and kept shooting.
I was mesmerized by what I saw through the lens.
It didn’t matter if I was shooting a newly-formed bloom of one flower or the aging petals of another. I was so intrigued by how different the plants looked in the dark and how I could accentuate their features by using a “light-painting” technique.
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After realizing that the wind would cause the flowers to move and that mosquitoes were not my best friends, I decided to take my plants indoors to capture their beauty.
Now my photos are taken in the dark and my subjects are “painted” with lights in order to give the viewer a glimpse of something they may have never seen before.
I do not alter my photos in any way, except for an occasional crop.
All of the colors and blemishes are true to the plants themselves. What I see through the lens is what you see in my images.
I’m pleased when someone tells me that they have never looked at a flower in the same way they do when they view my work.
It is rewarding to see people stop and really take a look at all these miniature visions of what nature has to offer.
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