Tomo

Tomo
Originally uploaded by Michael Slear

Its one of the privileges of photography. Sometimes seeing the unseen or being first to experience, or getting behind the scene access. I’ve photographed molten steel, computer inards, and light bulbs being manufactured. Actors in the wings
--Artists creating, and you may remember close up and personal with the Moomba snake. These shots give an inside look at some new technology, that will help save lives. The TOMO radiation at CRCC right here in Myrtle Beach. Adding some colored gels to the flash gave the scene a bit more drama and interest, and discovering that the laser alignment light was photographable was a bonus. The longer the exposure the more prevalent it became.

Sgt.Major

Sgt.Major
Originally uploaded by Michael Slear

With the Veterans Day tributes, I was reminded of the image of Sgt.Major Buddy Hewitt. I photographed him in his home for PD magazine. Mr. Hewitt was part of what the movie “We were Soldiers” was based on. A VietNam era veteran, Buddy lived through one the wars most notable and horrific battles, the first one, known as LZ Xray. It was my honor to meet such a man. “just doing his job”, as he was quoted in the article. We spent an afternoon going thru his memorabilia and talked of his long career. He was a lucky one. This holiday is for remembering the lost and we should honor ‘them’, and my friend Buddy.
This image was produced by projecting a slide of the Viet Nam memorial onto the Sgt. Major with the flag behind him.

Fall

Fall
Originally uploaded by Michael Slear

This image breaks compositional rules by centering the subject and having a horizon line split the image. Rules were made to be broken, right? I believe it is still successful, eliciting the emotion of a cool quiet fall morning. When photographing fog or snow or even white sandy beaches, beware of taking an average meter reading as the overall brightness of the scene will fool the meter and give you an under exposed capture.