I have no wish to be a "moaner" but my biggest complaint with blogging photos to Hive is my lack of content where the posts do better in terms of rewards if I post more images. I realise this a "me" problem in that I don't have time to be out every night taking photos. On some nights out in the dark, I only come back with one photo and it's difficult to write a post about one image.
I'm no developer and the last time I wrote a piece of code was back in the 80's. But I genuinely believe there is a market for an Instagram based model where the Hive rewards system exists for single images with a caption or a brief description. I'm pretty sure someone will tell me it's not possible or maybe even a crazy idea but if successful, I reckon an Instagram / Hive hybrid would take off and fly.
Enough of my moaning, this is a post over a couple of nights out in the dark in the Peak District where I didn't come back with many images on each night, hence my comments above:
Olight Nights
I bought a new flashlight, an Olight Marauder Mini, with it's focussed beam and this kind of shot in mind. The vapour hanging in the air inside the tunnel was perfect and everything came together just nicely.
Marauder Mood
This is the original uncropped version of the above but with a Photoshop preset I named, Golden Moody. Normally I'd baulk at the idea of Photoshopping any image but the colour tones really appealed to me.
Teal
Sometimes I take images so damn complicated to make and which then go on to be largely under appreciated. And then much to my annoyance, the simpler shots do better on social media. This is one such example where it's just a single RGB LED light set to teal.
Experimental with the emphasis on mental
I've been experimenting with this idea where the camera is rotated on its lens axis and a circle is spun at different points in the frame moving towards the camera. I still don't believe I've nailed all the technical stuff but I'll keep on trying.
A metaphor for my working week
I visited this derelict factory with the aim of spinning a few light painted orbs. As I arrived, I saw this burnt out shell and decided to shoot the state of dereliction.
This was also a kind of a metaphor for my working week. Busy and battered but just about standing and not necessarily repairable!
Practice makes perfect, almost
I promised myself to get better at spinning orbs. I know all the technique but having three left feet as I do, this stuff isn't easy! So practice makes perfect and this was the best one of the bunch albeit I have nudged the camera in this one!
Not long after I shot this, the stale, dusty atmosphere made me feel ill very quickly so I abandoned ship and got out of there in to the fresh air. Taking photos is not worth my health.
About me:
I usually specialise in shooting lightpainting images but occasionally dabble in urbex, landscape and artistic model photography. I'm always on the lookout for someone to collaborate with; the social side of photography is always good!
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