The thermal camera is the fourth in my series of extra-sensory cameras (after underwater, micro, and trail cam), and it comes closest to actually extending the senses: you can literally see something that would otherwise require the sense of touch. Continue reading
While gathering photos from my 2011 Bushnell hunting camera for my most recent post, I was overcome with desire to start placing a camera outside again. Had the animals in the yard changed? How could I use the camera differently? Continue reading
This is the third post on unusual cameras that extend the senses. The first two posts explored an underwater camera and a micro lens.
One of the best ways to observe nature is by being very still for a very long time: Continue reading
I have a small collection of unusual cameras that extend my senses. In my last post, I wrote about my underwater camera. This week, I’m focusing on my Micro Phone Lens. It makes me feel like both a bug and a giant. Continue reading
I love my underwater camera. It is a Pentax Optio W60. It is completely waterproof. I bought it eight years ago and I still use it all the time.
Swimming with the camera’s strap around my wrist, Continue reading
In the previous post, Exploring the Secrets of a Color Blind Artist’s Work, a closer look at Brian Brooks’s paintings offers clues to how he sees the world differently. This post explores the trajectory of his paintings after he became more aware of color blindness.
After realizing that Brian’s color blindness was frustrating the painting process, I suggested he paint with a limited palette. He had never considered this. Continue reading
How can an understanding of color blindness reveal new ways of seeing a painting?
While I was working on my color-blindness-simulating paintings of Brian’s watercolor trays, it opened up an ongoing conversation between us as two visual artists: him red-green color blind, and me with color vision in the normal range.
An obvious question emerged: If he’s seeing his tray of colors very differently, how does it show up in the paintings he creates? Continue reading
An offhand remark can be life-changing. My boyfriend, Brian Brooks, is red-green color blind, and asked me one day if I could label his watercolor tray so he would stop mixing up reds and greens and browns. I couldn’t get it out of my mind. Continue reading