When I was first learning about photography, my art teacher encouraged me to
play with various lighting effects. Not knowing that this type of picture was
supposed to be difficult, I set the camera on a tripod in my kitchen and lit
the candle on the table. Setting the self-timer, I sat down beside the candle
and waited for the camera to take the picture. It was a fully automatic point
'n shoot, so I will never know what the exposure setting was, but the shutter
was open for an awfully long time! Using 100 speed film didn't help. This
picture is the only picture I've ever entered in a contest. It didn't win
because one of the requirements was that the contestants make their own
prints and the judges refused to believe that a 10th grade student could
print color photographs. But it did receive on honorable mention and went
along on a state wide student photography show.
Self Portrait by Candle Light - 1979
copyright 1997 by Kelly Chien / Chienworks*
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