I have been a big fan of camera rotation photography for many years where the camera spins around it's lens axis making everyday scenes looks like abstract scifi movies.
This is an illuminated footbridge in Leeds at night:
To make these types of shots, it's best if you find subjects surrounded by dark areas. The reason for this is so that as you can expose for different parts on the image sensor using camera rotation where that part of the frame hasn't been written to yet. For the shot above, I rotated the camera to a 45 degree angle and exposed for 10 seconds or so to light up the bridge but keeping the exposure short enough so as not to light the surroundings. Before ending the exposure, I replace the lens cap and rotate the camera 90 degrees and expose for another 10 seconds, repeating the process a total of 4 times. All shot in one photographic exposure as usual.
More examples making an everyday scene look abstract:
This is a footbridge over the River Tyne in Newcastle (The Millenium Bridge):
This is a rotation shot of fountains outside Sheffield central railway station:
This is alongside CrossRail Place in London's Canary Wharf (before I got asked to leave by security!)
About me:
I usually specialise in shooting lightpainting images but occasionally dabble in urbex and artistic model photography. I'm always on the lookout for someone to collaborate with; please don't hesitate to get in touch if you'd like to create art.
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