“Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideasâ€
Paula Poundstone an American stand-up comedian
I began to explore the more creative side of photography, particularly the side of light and composition. It was during that time that I was inspired to create a series of lighted chess board images. What I was after was simply a chess board on black that gave the illusion that it was glowing. The problem I had was that I had no real lighting gear to speak of. I know your thinking you have a flash on your camera, but that would not capture what I wanted.
In the end I just made due, I took a table top lamp and placed it under a glass chessboard. I used a cone of aluminum foil to funnel the light in the right direction and to control spillage. On the board itself I placed the glass chessmen. I had to make some minor modifications to them, they came with felt on the bottom. I removed this so the light would flow into them and placed them where I wanted. From there it was all camera work and angles.
I relied on the auto-focus, which in hindsight was a mistake. Just the same I came away with two things.
1 â€" A nice image of chess men all a glow.
2 â€" The understanding that you do not need fancy equipment to create beautiful images.
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