Luminaria Red
Luminaria Red, originally uploaded by @lifebypixels.
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Just recently my wife and I took our kids to a traveling exhibit here in Austin, Texas. I really didn't know what we were getting into but other parents told us that it was an amazing experience and children loved it. Ok, if enough people have that consensus I'll bite and go check it out. We were not disappointed.
From the Architects Of Air, The Luminaria is an art installation that explores light, color, shape, and form. It's inspired by stained glass, science, and experience design. It's a wonderful piece, and you live inside of it for the twenty minutes your permitted to be in there.
Recently I've mentioned that I picked up a small point and shoot camera. The Canon G15, and it's a great little unit. Because this place was so packed, and kids would be running around, especially my own, I wanted to be able to pay attention to what was going on. This means my photography itch takes a second fiddle to my parental priorities. The G15 has proven to be the perfect bridge for this.
This space was EXTREMELY dark, and had very little white light. Mostly colored sections within abstract forms. My daughter Fiona sat down in this one end-cap that was all red. The light searing through a small strip of fabric. She looked amazing in it, and she's so expressive that her expressions just popped when she sat next to the light source. So again I quickly pulled the G15 out of my pocket, and began shooting.
Afterward the shot came out capturing what I had hoped. Sure there could always be technical things you'd want to do more of, but then she wouldn't have been smiling like this, and gesturing the moment in this way. No, this was fun and perfect, just the way photography should be...when it can be.
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