tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688985608113733946.post160128993703010044..comments2023-11-02T09:12:33.204-04:00Comments on Helquin Artifacts: IntentionHelquinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05391360050516551469noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688985608113733946.post-48389307743401215472007-09-23T02:22:00.000-04:002007-09-23T02:22:00.000-04:00Thanks for the tip. I'm going to get out the digi...Thanks for the tip. I'm going to get out the digital camera's manual and see if I can make these adjustments. Offhand I don't see any menu options for ISO function or white balance... but there's a little dial I never touch, decorated with 6 oddly cryptic pictograms. :-DHelquinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05391360050516551469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688985608113733946.post-35965948628659382482007-09-22T20:00:00.000-04:002007-09-22T20:00:00.000-04:00Artificial lighting isn't necessary if your ISO is...Artificial lighting isn't necessary if your ISO is correct. Even on the non-SLR digital cameras there's setting where you can override the automatic ISO function.<BR/><BR/>You might also be able to (again, I don't know what camera you have) set the white balance to compensate for any incandescent or fluorescent lighting.igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217874724868381756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688985608113733946.post-63299924198420073122007-09-21T22:31:00.000-04:002007-09-21T22:31:00.000-04:00Thanks. I still wish I had been able to photograp...Thanks. I still wish I had been able to photograph it better. For some reason, my digital camera doesn't like that green... and I still haven't figured out how to show texture and reduce glare. The tripod has helped a lot, but I think artificial lighting is necessary. :-/ I should take a photography class.Helquinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05391360050516551469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688985608113733946.post-37259632078021313682007-09-21T20:45:00.000-04:002007-09-21T20:45:00.000-04:00I looked closer at your painting. I like its ambig...I looked closer at your painting. I like its ambiguity. It could be a landscape from another world, a sun-tinged sea, or a Doppler wave of light receding into the Neptunian air...igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217874724868381756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688985608113733946.post-7015805797877339502007-09-21T11:53:00.000-04:002007-09-21T11:53:00.000-04:00Hi Gwensmom! Yes, the painting is mine -- and I a...Hi Gwensmom! Yes, the painting is mine -- and I appreciate the compliment, although I feel compelled to mention that the photograph is a terrible likeness. ;-)<BR/><BR/>Hi Astigmatism! Thanks for the comment about process. And I appreciate your appreciation of the bricolage. :-) I think you're the only person who has followed this particular "experiment" through all of its different venues & manifestations, and your encouragement has meant a lot to me.Helquinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05391360050516551469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688985608113733946.post-2739728641806145692007-09-21T11:23:00.000-04:002007-09-21T11:23:00.000-04:00Whoops, the emphasis was supposed to be on "I", no...Whoops, the emphasis was supposed to be on "I", not "appreciate".<BR/><BR/>:-)igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217874724868381756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688985608113733946.post-49673008766117351132007-09-21T11:22:00.000-04:002007-09-21T11:22:00.000-04:00Personally, it's 90% about the process. If I didn'...Personally, it's 90% about the process. If I didn't enjoy it, there'd be little point in doing it. <BR/><BR/>What's kind of odd to me is that I find myself frequently having to explain to others who are engaged in artistic activities that I do it for myself, that I don't need to make money from it (photography, whatever) to feel "justified". I wonder: do people find this attitude self-indulgent (i.e., a negative thing)?<BR/><BR/>Since I could hold a crayon I've always drawn & gotten pleasure from it. It's been chiefly for myself. In fact, I can recall with anger & (still) a certain amount of embarassment when my 6th grade teacher discovered a notebook full of drawings considered "inappropriate", confiscated them & informed my parents. Such is part of growing up in the military, however. Nothing smacking of impropriety at all costs!<BR/><BR/>(The drawings, by the way, chiefly consisted of nude or semi-nude women, all carefully lined up and named.) :-)<BR/><BR/>The horror!<BR/><BR/>No wonder, when I took that quiz online, "What movie are you" that I came up with (twice, because I was highly skeptical) "Apocalypse Now".<BR/><BR/>P.S. I <I>appreciate</I> your bricolages, even if I don't read them all!igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217874724868381756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688985608113733946.post-84325974413644122792007-09-21T10:01:00.000-04:002007-09-21T10:01:00.000-04:00Hey there Helquin!These are great photos and I lov...Hey there Helquin!<BR/><BR/>These are great photos and I love the one with shadows.<BR/><BR/>Is that last painting yours? I like it much.<BR/><BR/>gwensmomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com