My intention for this project was to create a light painting. In particular, I wanted to paint a tree. I studied the light artist Barry Underwood at the start of this class. He does research on his setting in order to paint an abstract that hints at its past. I like his method of alluding…

This week I got my hands on color gel filters and cut them to fit the shape of my flashlight. That means I can finally have some green leaves, and use practically any other color I want. I went to Wachusett Mountain and found what I thought was a good spot to do the final…

This week I got a new camera for my long exposures. It was a little more difficult to figure out than the iPhone camera, but the final images looked much better. I experimented with new tools such as my leaf shaped light and flashlight. I previously thought the hardest part of the project was going…

For my Maquette, I experimented with some different colored glow sticks to make a simple tree design. The iPhone camera worked well. The final products were a little blurry. I think this was due to a combination of me not using the remote shutter release included with the tripod and having it set up on…

My idea for the humanities capstone project is to create a light painting of a tree. I particularly like the way that flowery trees look. I have been thinking than I can add flowers to a tree with light painting, paint a whole tree, or make an animation of a tree growing from a sapling….

Barry Underwood was born in Wilmington, in 1963. He began attending college as a theatre major in 1986. He took a photography class as an elective and found it interesting. went on to receive both a BA in Theatre and in Photography from Indiana University Northwest (IN). He then received an MFA in Photography from…