abstract glow bracelet art

recently i made a couple of purchases - a new camera, and some glow bracelets.

first the camera. after researching point-and-shoots, mega-zooms, and d-slrs we picked up a panasonic lumix fz35 because of some of the features it has. mostly i wanted to have manual controls, image stabilization, hd video, and long(er) exposure times. so this one was the winner.



second the glow bracelets. i saw them at michael's - 15 for a dollar. there's no passing that up - i'm still very much mesmerized by the neon glow of glow sticks/necklaces/bracelets.

when my two recent purchases - and my boys - joined forces one night in the backyard, this was the result...



and this...



and this...



the exposures were somewhere around 8 seconds and i kept the camera moving to keep the background (neighbor's house, fence, etc.) from registering on the picture.

let's hear it for free flowing creative expression! woohoo!

drum roll please...

i've finally put some finishing touches on my new gallery including some new 35mm 'street photography' shots. i think i'll call it finished for now.

also, i just got some large format slides back from the lab (woohoo!) so as soon as i get my photo budget out of the red and well into the black i'll purchase this and post them in my gallery.

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as a side note, i have to say that finding this was a miracle. for a while the only reasonable way to get my 4x5's scanned was by using one of these. byu had one that i used while at school and i was able to rent time on one in nyc for a reasonable fee but since leaving ny i haven't had access to one. thanks epson for bringing high quality, large format scans into a reasonable price range.