Begg of Nails

Day 323 of 365

"Begg of Nails"

 

Several months ago I used this small bed of pins to create a self portrait. I knew I would use it again in some capacity, and when I spotted my collection of hollowed-out eggs (don't ask), I thought something might come to mind. So, I gently pressed the egg shell into the bed of pins, and began to play with light. There is a strip bank at camera-left, and it softly lights half of the egg. I snooted a speedlight, and fired it through the pins at camera-right. Much to my surprise, it created this semi-circle highlight on the egg. This is called a "happy accident." At that point, I was going to stop and post the image. However, I felt something was missing. I walked around with another speedlight, firing into the pins from every angle. Unfortunately, I could never achieve the look I was going for. Apparently it only exists in my head. At the last moment I decided to see what my handy laser might do. With the controlled focus of the laser, I started to get the look I was going for. I tried several different methods of painting the egg and pins with laser, and went with this final version. This is a 1.6 second exposure, and after the strobes fired, I painted the egg. At the very last moment (seconds before posting), I rotated it 90 degrees. Thanks for dropping by!!

 

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