Seduced by Light: A photographic journey of light and shadow

Street Photography – Panel of Images

Simon — Sun, 06 May 2012 04:00:10 +0000

Panel Based Competition on Street Photography… I don’t usually talk much about competition photography outside of a small group of peers, as I am usually ok with images I select to use for such things, however on this occasion the theme was on street photography for which a panel of three images were required, a panel is a set …

Livingston Celebrates 50 Years – Fiddle Rally

Simon — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:38:30 +0000

Fiddle Rally Celebrating Livingstons 50 Year Anniversary… As part of the Livingston, West Lothian 50 Year Birthday celebrations, a Fiddle Rally with The Livingston Fiddlers who were formed in 1979, performed with guest musicians from Edinburgh and surrounding areas to play a Live Concert at Howden Park Centre. On April 14th 2012. I was asked by local photographer Tom Gilland who plays for The …

Forth (Rail) Bridge at night – Lighting Scotland

Simon — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:01:49 +0000

Night photography of the Forth Bridge… A recent trip out in search of something interesting to photograph at night. Not technically light painting, but night photography none the less, the Forth (Rail) Bridge has been undergoing some renovations for a number of years, which has kind of spoiled the aesthetics of this lovely and interesting structure with …

pAs$w0rD to0ls! – A Word About Words

Simon — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:49:30 +0000

Getting the best out of your password… I originally wrote this to send to friends who asked me for advice about password security when they have had one or more of their web accounts compromised, so I decided to post it here for others and so that I can just send a link to anyone to simplify the process. Don’t …

Playing with Light – Part 1

Simon — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:37:42 +0000

Experiments and Playing with Light Part 1… I spend quite a lot of time just playing with light, either artificial ambient light, additional lighting by way of any light emitting tools/toys or a mixture of two or more lighting situations. I do this for a number of reasons, either to experiment or simply because I …

Lensbaby – Just Because You Can

Simon — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:55:44 +0000

Lensbaby Composer and Creative Aperture Kit… For those of you that don’t know what a Lensbaby is, it is a fully manual creative selective focus lens with interchangeable aperture disks, there are various flavours of the Lensbaby and several different lens options, each having its own particular quirks, also there are 2 aperture kits that …

Playing with Light Colour – Lighting Scotland

Simon — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:59:20 +0000

Halogen Vs LED Cree spotlights, playing with light colour… 2 million candle power spotlight: It’s been a while since I last posted anything, but there is a fair bit in the wings, including a post that outlines some of my most used light-painting kit, what it does and why I use each one for a …

Out and about with The Hylander – Lighting Scotland

Simon — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:47:56 +0000

Paint it Light: Lightpainting… On a recent night excursion with Stu Luddite88 Hyland we went to a localish location with some interesting abandoned buildings and the obligatory array of torches, tripods and shutter releases to seek out something a bit different from the well known Scottish Landmarks, the intention always to take something that is …

Winter is Coming – Lighting Scotland

Simon — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:55:37 +0000

Winter is Coming… Winter is coming and the days are getting short, It’ll soon be time to recharge the torch, So don’t be winging about the cold dark nights, Now I can go and make my own light. Balvaird Castle, near (ish) to Perth… On a spontaneous, lets go out its only midnight and play …

Into the Light

Simon — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:40:59 +0000

Final Resting Place… I close my eyes to see your face That’s how I see you from this place With my finger your soul I trace Remembering you in all your grace. Copyright © Simon Pole 2011 As with most of the posts here, this post will have an accompanying image, however it does not …