Michael Bosanko

Michael Bosanko has been capturing light since 2004,  he discovered light painting by accident when he took a photo and part of the scene was formed by the moon, but camera shake had caused it to create a streak.  His curiosity caused him to take the camera handheld and try to write his partner's name using only the moon light.  I find this highly interesting and would love to give this a go within my own work if I get the chance.

I find this one quite interesting with the slight comical value to it. I find the way it has been constructed is really effective and the use of different colours for each 'person' which kinda splits the image into 'good & bad', the 'good' guy dead in the boot and the 'bad' guy burying him.

I find this photo really interesting with the light drawing of the stegosaurus in a scene that does kinda look like it could be pre-historic, which adds to the general feel of the photo.  It shows colour through the light trails and the sky as well as line through the light trails used to draw the dinosuar.

This photo is just completely comical, a skeleton standing there pissing luminous green up a post.  There is just enough in the scene to hint at the background and surrounding while the light from the 'light graffiti' clearly shows the surroundings of the figure.  The photo has strong contrast between the two colours used as well as between the bright vibrant light trails and the dark foreground/background.

This photo is probably one of the best by Bosanko it takes a classic and iconic game PAC MAN which everyone knows and loves and inserts it into a real life location.  I think the way in which it is constructed and the way pac-man and the ghost are made makes it look pretty realistic.  The photo shows colour through the light drawing and the different colours used as well as contrast between the light drawing itself and the abandoned look and feel of the building/location.

One thing to learn from Bosanko's work is to not be afraid to work a bit to achieve the look you want in your photographs or to find out how to make a particular thing work and to use your imagination to it's fullest to think of new and exciting ideas or to adapt other people's ideas into your own style with it's own distinctive flair.  Looking back upon my work I have done something similar to this using the screensaver on a mac:

This photo links to Bosanko's work as it uses bright and vibrant colours to 'draw' across the still image using a long exposure on my camera, it is not quite the same as there is no distinguished subject matter in my photo either made by the light or not.

In summary Bosanko's most acknowledged area of work was stumbled upon by accident proving that you don't have to be a professional with lots of experience and expensive equipment to take good quality photos that stand out from the rest even if you don't completely know what to do within a particular area.