Brettymike

I did enjoy thank you!! :-D , loved those lyric sheets :-D Brett

WOW! , Gorgeous music linwood! , did you write the beginning bit , or put together the whole arrangement? I hear Steve Tylers great stuff in there. Brett

My ears are ringing from here , never from keyboards though. Brett

WOW! , what Great photo's Mike!. Brett

Great photo's - definitely like a giant hand xKnuckles . Brett

Cool photo's , love that little helicopter guy - complete with crash helmet!. Brett

Great stuff Ioana! - nice voice!. (I like that sweet foreign accent coming through as well ). Brett

No, she was not famous, generally speaking. I really wanted to humanize this photo by telling a bit about the postal clerk, who also has a road named after her. Yes, I am shining flashlights, some with gels in front of them, during the long exposure, so you are right. The light through the window is some of the streetlights, if you are talking about the window way in the back. The light in the room, which is red, is me. And I am illuminating the stuff in the front, of course. None of the lights are being shined directly into the lens of the camera, only on the objects or the room where the postal customers were. There are basically three kinds of light painting. Even some photographers don't know this. Three Kinds Of Light Painting: 1.) Light Drawing: These are drawing images by shining light source directly into camera lens. The light itself becomes the subject. You can make all sorts of designs, write names, etc. with this light drawing. But you can also do things like burn steel wool to create sparks or create animals or patterns. It's a lot of fun. 2.) Kinetic Light Painting/Camera Painting: This involves moving the camera to create patterns, backgrounds, abstract images. Camera Rotation photography is a great if not very well known example of this. I very very rarely do this sort of photography, not for lack of interest, but well, you know, you can't do everything. 3.) Light Painting: This is primarily the kind of light painting I do, which involves using handheld lights to selectively illuminate and/or color parts of a subject or scene, almost like a movie set. It's quite possible to combine two or more in a single exposure, although all three might result in a a mish-mosh where it might be difficult to distinguish what is going on. But who knows, maybe someone can specialize in doing all three. I do sometimes combine #1 and #3, though, such as I've done here: http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels/joshuatree2012december/images/1joshuatree1212_208f11_199sstartrekring.jpg In the above photo, taken in Joshua Tree National Park, CA, I took 199 seconds to create this image. 199 seconds. Enough time to run up some boulders, "light paint" the rock, run back down, run around the rock a few times with a red headlamp held high, then continue light painting with blue electroluminescent wire, otherwise known as El Wire, which is a thin copper wire coated in a phosphor which glows when an alternating current is applied to it. I shot this Friday, 28 December 2012. With very rare exceptions, I create these photographs in a single exposure. It's not a manufactured Photoshop creation at all, but more like a strange performance. No two are every exactly alike, no matter how hard you try, and I'm fairly consistent. So with the bus photos you mention, I am illuminating the exterior and interior with LED flashlights with gels over them. Photographers refer to it as light painting because we often regard the light sources as brushes. Light painting can be done fairly realistically, which is what I often prefer to do: http://kenleephotography.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/4858kenlee_mtpinos-20sf28iso4000-2014-07-26-2306-milkyway-1000px.jpg Or it can be surreal, something not ordinarily seen, such as this: http://kenleephotography.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/3166-2014-07-11-0028-134sf8iso320-closeupofbustostarsblue-kenlee_carforest-960px.jpg And to me, it's all good. They require different skill sets, and are in some ways, a bit different aesthetically, and are even frequently done at different times. For instance, discussing the last two photographs above, the Milky Way in the pine forest is done when the moon is not out. This particular one was shot during the "new moon". The second one was shot near a full moon. A full moon illuminates everything nice and evenly, and doesn't require nearly as long of an exposure as if the moon were gone, so it's easier and arguably often more aesthetically more pleasing to light paint things like abandoned buses, buildings, objects, etc. in a certain way. But all these, regardless, are illuminated while the camera shutter is opened for a prolonged time, and not screwed with in post-processing in the sense that someone is altering the color or adding color somehow or anything like that. And most light painting photographers take great pride in that, feeling like it's a performance and not digital manipulation. Did I answer your question? If not, ask away!!! This Bus Photo is absolutely great and amazing , I can't quite describe why. Brett

The locals there are convinced that there are ghosts in the post office, and in some of the other buildings. And these are real "nuts and bolts" people, not the sort to have hyperactive imaginations. Regardless, I never saw any, felt any, sensed any, or perceived anything amiss, but of course, that doesn't necessarily mean anything at all. I have only seen one 'ghost' in my life - it was a friendly entity (about 4 years ago), and it was a most amazing , profound , life changing experience for me. You don't only see , but FEEL and KNOW their emotions as well - incredible. Brett

Great photo Ken! , I bet there are ghosts in there. Brett

It's great to see the humble drone fly (called that because they look like a drone bee)getting some attention Theo. They used to be common here , but are now thin on the ground - or air if you like. I still remember catching these in my hands at primary school when I was 5 years old , and showing the other kids - and they were terrified because they thought I was holding a real bee , but I was the only kid who could tell the difference , and I used it to my advantage when necessary many times . Brett

Now this is Brilliant xknuckles!, and it's almost impossible to tell if that's a full sized (very cool) tree , or 1" seed head or something . Brett

I bet that stretch Limo at least could tell some stories Ken . Brett

Love your cats crazy eyes Joe! - great photo. Brett

Sorry , I have been away for a while , and there is an absolute truck load of awesome photo's above . Brett

I can't listen to soundcloud anymore folks, it's turned into a glitchy stalling DOG from my end. Brett

What an Awesome photo! , also Richies fireworks photo - Great . Very interesting tricks information with the long exposures etc Ken - Thank you . Great photo's as well wilcox . Brett

Just saw this for the first time , - what a Beautiful machine mate!!. And those maple end plates ( this shape in particular ) really set it off. You are a perfectionist mate stubb , both equipment - and playing I must say. Brett

This is like an insane dream Dave! . Brett

Trains and flowers rule. Thanks! Thumbs up in agreement here Ken - anything rules. Brett

New rule cancelled - bring on the Spiders! please - awesome shots Mike. Brett

That is Great to hear!. Everyone should have their own Geodome/house , and growing their own organic food in it NOW. Brett

Amazing photo! , but I would be very disappointed if I went there , and those floating shapes were no where near this colorful :-). I've always wanted to build a geodome house! . Brett

You should have given it more time to sacrifice/cremate fully to the final element - carbon , and allow it's spirit to travel back to source peacefully . Brett

World Class photo!. Brett