Building the movie set for a serial killer who uses pencils as a murder weapon!

I took this photograph many years ago around Staffordshire University around 4AM in the eerie night, using a Pentax MZ-S, film, and a steady hand on the shutter release for a few minutes on bulb for long exposure. I remember when they said digital would never be better than film.

River through the desert from Yuma Territorial Prison, Yuma, Arizona.

A smiley face in ketchup from Johnny Rockets in Hollywood, California.

Desert road on the way back from Willow Beach, Arizona

I took this photograph on a road trip in the USA on a quiet little road leading to Willow Beach in Arizona.

Movie producers on the set

I took this photograph on a movie set outdoors in Hollywood. I was Production Designer on a short film called ‘ASK American Serial Killers.’

I like how both the Producer and Director in this shot are deep in thought while looking at what is happening on the set.

You can find out more about the movie ‘American Serial Killers’ at the mini-site here.

You can find plenty more photographs here:

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The cast and crew list included:

• Writer & Director — Sriram Rajan
• Producer — Anusha Sriram
• Director of Photography– Adam O’ Connor
• Editor — Stacie Dekker
• Casting Director — Oorala Yamada
• Production Designer — Jon Hassall
• Music Composer — Jayson Smiley
• Ist Assistant Director — Vanessa Abreu
• Laura Jean Bransky
• Ist Assistant Cameraman — Ben Kobbs
• Gaffer — Luke Kalteux
• Grip — Darion Taylor
• Head Makeup/ Wardrobe/ Visual Fx — Martha Sanchez
• Script Supervisor — Daron Arnold
• Location sound — Anton Haugabook
• Sound Mixer — Alexy Mohr
• Geeta Novotny
• Doris Guerrero
• Randy Tobin
• John Zderko
• Tim Maloney
• Latitia DeLaine
• Joher Coleman
• Kelsa Kinsly
• Jesse Jimenez

Star trails in the trailer park — long exposure

This photograph was taken in a trailer park in Yuma, Arizona.

You can see that the stars in the sky have made trails as the earth moves relative to them.

I kept the shutter of the camera open for a relatively long period (about 10 minutes) using a Canon TC-80N3 remote control. This unit has various settings, such as self-timer, interval timer, long-exposure timer, and exposure-count. In this photograph I used long-exposure timer.

I also made a sequence of photographs that I intend to turn into a timelapse video soon.

If you have a camera such as a Canon 350D, 400D, 450D or 500D, you can get a conversion cable to use the Canon TC-80N3 here.

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You can find more star trail photographs on these sites:

• http://open-tube.com/17-top-star-trail-photography-ever/
• http://www.gdanmitchell.com/2009/02/10/scaffold-and-star-trails
• http://undefinedjourneys.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/star-trail-photography/
• http://blog.scenephotography.co.uk/?p=167
• http://photoburner.net/2009/03/19/stacking-star-trails/
• http://www.zebpalmer.com/blog/photography/twilight-star-trails-stanley-lake/

Mirrored skyscrapers in San Diego

I took this photograph on a drive from Yuma, Arizona to San Diego, California. I think these buildings are quite close the centre of San Diego. I like the different types of mirrored windows on the building reflect the blue sky — the squares, the seemingly perfectly smooth, and an interaction of two squared sets of windows making a zig-zag.

The picture was taken from a moving truck without looking through the viewfinder. I believe that pictures don’t have to be planned; if pointing a camera out a window and randomly pressing the shutter can make something pleasing, then something good has happened and the camera has added value to my little world.