Week 19 View 52

Week 19 View 52

After stumbling on my butterfly last week I decided I would try it again and see if it was a fluke. And thankfully it wasn't.

I find myself looking back to when I first started photography and I used to spend a lot of time looking at smoke images thinking that isn't photography that is image manipulation and I am sure most of you may think the same.

But you couldn't be further from the truth. Until you actually sit down and spend as much time as I do photographing smoke you will never understand that there is more to these images than meet the eye its not all about snapping away pulling off as many frames as you can and creating something in PS. A lot of time is spent setting up the lighting, moving the lighting, finding the right position for the josh sticks (believe it or not it can make a difference), but most importantly controlling the smoke because believe it or not that is what matters certain patterns create certain looks/finishes yes there is an element of PS skills involved but it is the smoke patterns you capture within the camera that make the foundation of the final image and that is where the skill to smoke art is based.

I am still in the learning part of smoke myself but slowly I am starting to recognise what patterns to look out for where to sit the smoke within the frame (like normal composition) etc etc

I really hope you enjoy looking at these images as much as I appreciate taking them

Thanks For Reading
James