Convoluted Colors Canvas Print

The abstract result seen here is a result of experimentation with flashlights (with various colors and filters) hanging from a string on a ceiling fan or a chandelier, put into motion, and then opening the camera shutter for 1-2 minutes. The results often seem highly chaotic, but are really quite highly ordered - possibly even "predictable" in a sense, like multibody gravitational motion. It is a lot of fun to experiment, and no result can EVER be duplicated, no matter hard I might try!

Peter Herman was born and raised on a farm in North Dakota. He first became interested in photography during high-school, and after acquiring a Pentax SLR, began taking photos for the school yearbook and developing/printing B&W images in school darkroom. He continued shooting through college, taking portraits, group pictures, weddings, but after beginning his engineering career at Cummins, he let his photography interests go dormant until about 2005 when he acquired his first DSLR and started shooting scenic landscapes from around the US, but concentrating especially on rural areas in ND and WI. Many of his images were encountered while riding motorcycle down random backroads during "golden hour", searching for that magic light...