Observation

Rhythm

2011
© Larry Torno

Rhythm is the result of being stuck at a railroad crossing, lulled by the steady beat of a passing train.
     It's not snow, it's an overly long exposure.

NEWS - Barbie Goes to Dublin

Queens of Neon

Barbie goes international again.
     This time it's to Dublin, Ireland and the collection of the Queens of Neon, a creative art installation/event business. They selected a photograph from my original Barbie Doll Portrait Project series because, as they said, "it completely captures us both in essence".
     Thanks for the purchase Sharon and Amo.

NEWS - New Web Site

I am pleased to announce the launching of my new web site, larrytornophoto.com.
     I've been busy the past few months organizing my thoughts and images, along with a plan to more effectively market my work. Please take a look at the results and let me know what you think.
     As always, thanks for viewing the blog and pass the web site along to someone you know.

Focal Point - Part Five

Focal Point 004
2010
© Larry Torno

Focal Point 004 continues the series last posted 2.20.11.
     Almost all of the images that were shot for this series were horizontal. This is one of the few created in a vertical format. At first I wasn't sure I would like the change in direction, but I think this is a successful interpretation of the concept.

LTP | VISION Magazine - Issue 2

ISSUE : 2

Welcome to Issue : 2 of LTP | Vision Magazine. You may recall the first issue, posted September, 2010.

     Issue : 2 is a small collection of some of my favorite botanical images shot over the past few years. 

     LTP | Vision Magazine is a way for me to study a single subject or assemble a group of photos for review. These four images were shot in 2007, 2005, 2010 and 2010 respectively, but I like the continuity of image and concept.  

Botanica - Part Eleven

White Tulips, 9
2011
© Larry Torno

Last week I posted White Tulips, 3; a photograph taken three days after I purchased the flowers. I attempted to create another image six days later but found only sparse, drooping stems and fallen petals.
     White Tulips, 9 is what remained after I shook the wilting flowers loose and gathered them together for a final shot.

Botanica - Part Ten

White Tulips, 3
2011
© Larry Torno

Accidents happen.
     I shot White Tulips, 3 in a darkened room with a small amount of available light from a nearby window. It was a long exposure and just before the lens clicked shut, I accidentally nudged the camera. The result was a ghostly double exposure image that I then tried to reproduce but could not quite achieve again.
     Accidents happen and we make the best of them.

Focal Point - Part Four

Focal Point 013
2010
© Larry Torno

One more image from the new Focal Point series.
     I failed miserably as a painter in college because I wasn't ready. I wanted to do great things but I didn't have the skills to translate my vision onto a canvas.
     Decades later I find that a camera is the vehicle to capture my simple observations.

Focal Point - Part Three

Focal Point 024
2010
© Larry Torno

Focal Point 024 is the third image in a new series of etherial photographs.
     In my college days of the 1970s, I painted a series of vertical and horizontal striped canvases. They were rigid compositions of half-inch, neatly painted lines. Often I would mask off large areas of alternating colors so close in hue, that from a distance they would blend into a new color.
     None of the paintings survived, but this photograph reminded me of an idea I had many years ago.

Ten in Twenty-Eleven - ONE

Blizzard: Front Row Seat
2011
© Larry Torno

Blizzard: Front Row Seat is the first in the series Ten in Twenty-Eleven. You can review the previous collection, Ten in Twenty-Ten at Behance Network.
     Here in the midwestern United States, we were warned by weather reports of a pending blizzard of epic proportions with record snowfalls, ice storms and power outages. I prepared myself by setting this chair outside my back door, so I could photograph the historic precipitation as it came down by the hour.
     Fortunately for our neighborhood, but unfortunately for my great plan, the storm missed us and we only ended up with 1.5" of sleet and ice, covered by 2" of white powder. Gusts of wind took care of the accumulation on the chair but left this scene with smooth foreground and background surfaces. The soft shadows of the early morning light added to the solitude and beauty of this image.