Washington – Cameron Karsten's Imaginarium

Tracy Lang and the Grapefruit Tattoos

November 16, 2012 by cameronkarsten Leave a Comment

The other day I had the chance to photograph Tracy Lang, an accomplished woodblock print artist. But she wasn’t doing woodblock. Tracy was doing grapefruits, practicing her new tattooing skills on the skins of this fruit with the inspiration of the late writer and watercolor artist Henry Darger, painter Maxfield Parrish, and tattoo artist Musa

Location: Bainbridge Island, WA

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens

16mm, 1/5 sec at ƒ/18, ISO 100, tripod.

Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6

Filed Under: Art, Bainbridge Island, Cameron Karsten, Community, Environmental Portrait, Photo Essay, Photo Shoot, Photography, Seattle, Still life, Washington Tagged With: Bainbridge Island, Cameron Karsten Photography, environmental portrait, grapefruit, Seattle Photographer, tattoos, Tracy Lang, Washington

Photo of the Day: Robert Carlson’s Glass-Blown Imagination

November 9, 2012 by cameronkarsten 2 Comments

Internationally-renowned glass artist Robert Carlson recently spent one week as the Artist-in-Residence at Tacoma, Washington’s Museum of Glass Hot Shop. Here, he worked with the shop’s artists and interns to create the next line of imagination: 10+ orbs of glass weighing from 5 – 25lbs, each unique with twisting sculpted tentacles and bulbous knobs and hooks. They now await to be adorned with color.

Location: Carlson Studio

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens

100mm, 1/50 sec at ƒ/22, ISO 100, tripod.

Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6

Filed Under: Art, Bainbridge Island, Commercial Photography, Photo Essay, Photo of the Day, Photo Shoot, Photography, Product Shoot, Seattle, Still life, Washington Tagged With: Cameron Karsten Photography, Commercial Photography, glass artist, Hot Shop, product photography, Robert Carlson, Seattle, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Washington

Photo of the Day: Robert Carlson Paintin’ Glass

November 6, 2012 by cameronkarsten Leave a Comment

Renowned glass artist, Robert Carlson painting in his studio. What exactly is he painting?

Location: Carlson Studio

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens

16mm composite, 1/8 sec at ƒ/20, ISO 100, tripod.

Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6

Filed Under: Art, Bainbridge Island, Cameron Karsten, Environmental Portrait, Photo of the Day, Photo Shoot, Photography, Seattle, Washington Tagged With: Bainbridge Island, Cameron Karsten Photography, glass art, glass blowing, glass painting, Robert Carlson, Seattle, Washington

Photo of the Day: Bee vs. Bee-Keeper

October 31, 2012 by cameronkarsten Leave a Comment

Location: Bainbridge Island, WA

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens and Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens

Composites

Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6

After my adventures with bee-keeping, I spent an afternoon this fall harvesting 20lbs of fresh honey from my hives. I could have collected more, but the honey they gather throughout the spring and summer becomes their food surplus for the cold fall and winter months ahead. They were already pretty pissed, as one can tell.

Filed Under: Art, Bainbridge Island, Cameron Karsten, Commercial Photography, Environment, Food, Photo of the Day, Photo Shoot, Photo-Journalism, Photography, Product Shoot, Seattle, Washington Tagged With: Cameron Karsten Photography, Commercial Photography, honey, honey bees, honey harvest, PNW bee-keeping, Seattle, Washington

Photo of the Day: The Trailer Room

October 24, 2012 by cameronkarsten 1 Comment

Location: Undisclosed

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens

16mm, 1/25 sec at ƒ/10, ISO 320, tripod.

Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6

Working on a video project with a surfboard shaper, I decided to grab a quick shot of the man in action. And the board he is shaping will be shortly in the water under my feet.

Filed Under: Art, Bainbridge Island, Cameron Karsten, Commercial Photography, Environmental Portrait, Photo of the Day, Photo Shoot, Photography, Seattle, Washington Tagged With: Cameron Karsten Photography, environmental portrait, PNW surfing, Seattle, surfboard, surfboard shaping, Washington

Photo of the Day: The Bee-Keeper

October 9, 2012 by cameronkarsten Leave a Comment

Location: Bainbridge Island, WA

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens

21mm, 1/6 sec at ƒ/22, ISO 100, tripod.

Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6

Filed Under: Art, Bainbridge Island, Cameron Karsten, Commercial Photography, Community, Environment, Environmental Portrait, Food, Photo of the Day, Photo Shoot, Photography, Seattle, Washington Tagged With: Bainbridge Island, beekeeping, Cameron Karsten Photography, honey, PNW honeybees, Seattle, Washington

Photo of the Day: FCS Fins

September 26, 2012 by cameronkarsten Leave a Comment

Location: SCCA Studios & CK Studios

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens

composite w/variety of settings, ISO 100, tripod.

Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6

Filed Under: Cameron Karsten, Commercial Photography, Photo of the Day, Photography, Product Shoot, Seattle, Washington Tagged With: Cameron Karsten Photography, Commercial Photography, FCS, FCS surf fins, fins, PNW surfing, Seattle, surfing, Washington

Photo of the Day: The Grinder Diptych

September 15, 2012 by cameronkarsten 2 Comments

Inspired by Mustang Matt’s Honorable Mention in The Lucie Foundation Awards, I finally took the time and necessary steps to combine the two images into a final diptych. The portrait of the DeWalt Metal Grinder required rework, exchanging the original yellow vignetted background for a strong maroon in order to coalesce with the light inside the aged Mustang.

Location: SCCA Studios, CK Studios and On-Location

Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Zoom Lens and Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens

composite w/variety of settings, ISO 100, tripod.

Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6