The ideas of painting are coming more and more into my photographic work. I layer in post-production in order to create certain tones in my photographs. When I really manipulate the layer--erase some of it, adjust the transparencies of it, heighten some parts, duplicate that layer and manipulate it further - it is exactly the same way I work in painting. A transparency is sort of like glazing. Adding a layer and subtracting part of it is very much the same process as adding paint, wiping or scraping and then adding more to create the look and affect we want. I got a little lost in some new techniques I stumbled upon tonight(actually I've used them before, but in a much different way than I did tonight) as I was toning some images from last mondays shoot with Pina. I'm not at all sure what I'm going to do with this idea, or if I even like the look, but its always fun trying something new and finding new ways to make something. Taking an idea to another place can always help us in the future as we think about the work we want to accomplish. These pictures of Pina were harshly lit with only one light and often it was at too low of an angle. Some of the pictures worked out pretty well, but others just didn't have the right light for the pose or expression. Manipulating some of these has sort of saved some them from the edit floor. Photographic manipulations by Richard Sayer