About the work

I began making these Circular Light Photos in my studio in January of 2026. To create them, I use glow-in-the-dark powder that’s set in motion and captured through a long exposure.

Each photo is unique, with its own placement of items, platter spin rate, charge time, variable focus, and exposure. Experimentation, and subsequent obsessive repetition, has led to some unexpected and beautiful combinations. Not a bad combo.

For the technical end of things, I use a Nikon Z8 to capture these images. The resolution is set to maximum, so I get a 45.7 megapixel RAW file straight out of camera, shot with a NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S. From there, I edit in Lightroom and apply its Super Resolution on each file, which brings the final image up to roughly 11,000 x 11,000 pixels at around 46 MB. That's a little over 119 megapixels, so more than enough to print these large. For printing, I deliver vibrant 16-bit sRGB TIF files that range in size from 100-950 mb.

I have a lot of fun making these. I hope you enjoy them, and thank you for taking a look.

-Mike