Painting With Light

Assignment #5:

I had so much fun and so much inspiration when taking these pictures.  I had this idea from the very beginning, but to actually go through with it, and to have results like this makes me very happy.  For this photo I set my camera to aperture 25 and shutter speed to 10 seconds.  I used a flash light that I just had lying around the house, and, well, painted with light.  I used a very cheap flash light that happened to have an outer plastic coating that was red around the handle and circling the light.  That's why there is the red 'aura' around the while light. 

"Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself." ~ Henry Ward Beecher

This photo has meaning because I am inspired by music.  The beautiful reflection on the piano and the piano keys makes this photo beautiful and not cheesy.  To me, the streaks of light represent the spark of insanity that needs to be present when you make music.  Lines going in chaotic, yet organized lines represent the structured madness that is music.  The lines leading off the picture state that you cannot think inside the box when making music and your thoughts need to be free-flowing and positive.   

"A painter paints pictures on canvas.  But musicians paint their pictures on silence."  ~ Leopold Stokowiski