Painting with light

 Well, to be honest, this was less "Painting" with light, and more of a "Pollocking" with light, where the Pollock is Happy, and the splatters are glow sticks carried not by inertia, but by children.

The Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your back yard?

It kind of reminds me of the balance board thing on the Wii, where it maps your balance as you Hula Hoop (also to be explored in this post) and shows you your motion at the end.

A brief moment of clarity

The Idea, if you are not in the know, is to leave the shutter on the camera open (on a tripod) and it will capture all of the light as it passes through the frame. You get the same effect if you wave your hand in front of your face, but on "film", it records it and lasts. 

The flash illuminates the scene and records that image, while the shutter remains open to capture the moving glow sticks.

And so, with all of these things set into literal motion, and subsequent stopped motion, we are blessed with the randomness of light and children.

And, of course, there is the grand display of attaching many glow sticks to a hula hoop, and hula hooping into the night!

A small fan with LEDs attached to one of the fans. DO NOT ATTEMPT IF HIGH!! (Or do...)

Calm before the storm

"What storm?"

The trippy storm.

Montreal Part IV: All Who Wander Are Not Lost

This is morningish on day three. I went out wandering while details were...discussed as to what the rest of the day would yield.

Montreal Part III: To A Basement On A Hill

 Day one meandering, heading towards a giant hill, soaking up the sun, and nursing a head full of great memories.

Montreal Part II: The Underground

Last train is nearly due...

I guess that this series will be in no particular order, because I spent the day underground on the second (rainy) day in Montreal. I just felt like doing it this way.

The underground is closing soon..

The last time I was in Montreal, and it was a rainy day, I had decided to leave my camera behind due to weather. Foolish foolishness, that was.

I also "accidentally" found the whole underground,  complete with walking through a door and almost falling onto a subway. (Not really near falling, just SUDDENLY; SUBWAY!)

It wasn't really that busy, so I got a lot of un-peopled pictures.

Sometimes, though, you want peopled pictures. Makes me feel like a champ, or a spy, or a creep.

Even though the camera is firmly attached around my neck, I still get flashes of it being ushered to the ground with a stomach twisting end result. Gravity: It hates us ALL equally.

:3

 This guy was alright. I paid him a buck to take his picture. Probably could have gotten away with just a quarter, but I wanted to motivate him to convey the feeling like he was really homeless.

Sideways means down!

I pay this guy many moneys to remain not homeless.

Montreal Part I: Through A Glass Dimly

The ride up to Montreal was "Uneventful", if not a little weather worn. To quote Crowded hose, we basically did four seasons in one day, hitting a number of beautiful squalls of sun and snow throughout. I was in the back seat for once, and got to savour the sights through my back window, which promptly became glazed with some sort of fine mist and whitish sediment. It gave me a nice soft Effect without even needing to press any buttons or put a filter on! Sweet!

Wherever this is, here you are.

An interesting side note of sorts is that you have to be quick on the draw. There is no hand holding or coddling while you take meters and measurements and test shots. Unless you want to anoy your carmates with stopping every ten meters, you have to shoot on the fly.

There was a variety of views and weather conditions, but the majority was snow once we made it 10 degrees norther than we were.

Snow is pretty, and nice, and I love it a whole lot, but this snow was more like a niece or nephew. You have a lot of fun, but at the end of the day, you sent them home to the parents for the night.

♪The sun was setting in the...west...♫ THAT WAY IS WEST!