My husband is a huge baseball fan. He has been since he was a little boy cheering on his beloved NY Yankees and playing Little League. When opening night for our local baseball team arrived, he was ready with his stadium chair and peanuts.
Opening night promised the "best fireworks display in the history of this stadium". That's a pretty bold statement as they feature wonderful small town America fireworks displays. I sent Joe armed with his camera while I stayed home with a sick son.
He came home with fireworks photos. It is very difficult to get great fireworks photos with the lighting issue and the "did I get it?" timing issue especially with a small point and shoot camera. Sometimes you come away thinking that you captured the majesty of the moment but the photos just don't live up to the picture in your memory. This happened to my husband. I took the photos and was determined to make a mosaic that more closely lived up to his experience.
Here is what I had to work with.
I pulled out a sheet of 8.5 x 11 black Mosaic Grid Paper and got to work.
I started at the bottom of the sheet and built my way up the grid paper keeping in mind size and location of each "blast". I tried to balance the desire to fill the page with the realism of a fireworks display.
Here is my end result. Better!
(Digital label by Jessica Sprague/Live Designs)
Have a great week! See you next Monday.
Sandi Keene
