Week 14 View 52

Week 14 View 52

I TOOK THIS IMAGE TO PORTRAY MY ANGER NOT TO OFFEND.

Yesterday I was forced to have the conversation 7 years too early that all parents dread.

The conversation I had to have was about drugs and the harm they can cause you. The reason I was forced to have this conversation was because she went out to play with her friends to our local park and came back. She was talking to her mother when I walked in and I could see the shock on my wife’s face I asked what was wrong and she said look what she has brought back 3 little bags at first it did not register in my mind I said oh then my daughter said look they are pretty bags so I took another look yes they were very pretty bags but too my horror I knew exactly what they were they were little wraps thankfully they were empty but when I say empty there was enough left over to know that in two bags was either Cocaine or Heroin and the other was weed. She found these little bags in our local park.

The next part is for Alan after his recent thread “Do You Shoot, Take, Capture, Produce, Construct A Photograph”

So today I decided that I would “take” a photograph to portray my anger and disgust to these people that “take” drugs and leave there wraps or needles lying around our children’s public parks. We strive to protect our children from “taking” the wrong paths in life but how can we protect when these people are allowed to roam our streets all the crap we see on the news about fuel strikes, pies going up a couple of pence due to vat are they really that important in the grand scheme of things? My answer is “NO” what should be on our news is the government will no longer feed the habits of these users by “taking” the money they get away and refusing to pay for their clinics to get clean.

My Message Is Clear!!!

Do what you like with your life.........But Do Not “Take” The Innocence From Our Children

“Take” your crap home with you; we don’t want it on our streets.

I know the image is probably far from the best but I wasn’t going to spend hours trying to portray this correctly as the message is quite clear. Drugs = A Mess!!!!!!!!

Please note no drugs were used at all. All I had to hand to portray drugs was washing powder hence it looks a little course.

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James

Week 13 View 52

Week 13 View 52

Today I decided to return to a set up I have not done for a while and that was Oil and Water shots this time I added a disk to some of the shots to try and isolate one or two of the oil drops so they have the more dominant colour.

Upon uploading to my computer I found this image that was taken today during my session and I simply could not ignore it as the colours were so vibrant and reminded me of an oriental sun that you see in those old karate movies. I have uploaded a few other shots but for some reason this one held my attention a lot longer.

Sunrise

Other shots I took

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James

My View 52 The Catch up

Please excuse the long pause between week 8 and now but real life has go in the way with holidays and things going on at home that needed sorting out.

Week 9 was a rushed shot before I went away and week 11 was a rushed shot when I got back so I will not upload those as technically they suck lol.

So here is my week 10.

This is an image I selected from my recent Skiing holiday to Bansko in Bulgaria which is at the bottom of Pirin Mountain. It was filled with stunning photographic opportunities some of which I took up but some that got ignored as I was too busy enjoying myself. Here are some panoramic shots I took up the mountains.

And that now brings me up to date to my week 12. After all the rushing and time away I decided to get my mojo working again to return to my smoke shots. But when I started to shoot the smoke I remembered when I did the October challenge last year where I set Ice on Fire (yes real ice made of water on fire). So I decided what a way of showing how hot (some of us) find chilli’s so I decided to spark it up.

My View 52 Week 8

Week 8 View 52

Well bit of a dilemma this week had an idea for a rose shot however a fantastic version from another member had already been uploaded this weekend so decided to shoot it anyhow however during the shoot I had another idea.

My little boy was sat by my side as he always is when I shoot even when I am doing smoke bless him. So I came up with a plan well not so much a plan but an idea so I bent down and picked him up which he wasn’t too impressed with especially as mum tells him off if he jumps on the table. I put him on my kitchen table but he wouldn’t stay there unless he knew the rewards were hanging around. Sadly he was a little camera shy every shot he seemed to move his head to the side keeping one eye on me at all times not the shot I wanted so I kept going and this was the only shot I got him face on. He didn’t seem to like having a doggie portrait but I will try this again they say collies are intelligent well he is a collie cross but he is a disgrace to his race he is a dumb dog you put a light on the wall and he will stare at if for hours if you didn’t turn it off.

I did shoot the rose too which I will attach underneath but this is my shot for this week as it’s a nice fun shot and hopefully I will get to try this out again with a little more eye contact with me and the camera.

And here is the Rose shot from today

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James

My View 52 Week 7

Week 7 View 52

Those that know me know that my other guilty pleasure other than smoke is water droplets.

Today I decided to do a water drop shot simply as I have hit a creativity block.

I am after a certain water drop shot at the moment hence the amount of drops in the air. I am trying to create a mid air collision which I am finding difficult as either the drops are too slow or too fast but I will keep at it there must be a way without owning fancy drip kits.

Week 6 View 52

Week 6 View 52

Well I have two days this week for view 52 but decided to do my shot today so I can try other things tomorrow. I think for now you will be pleased to know I have come to an end of my smoke the ideas are still plentiful but my mojo is suffering for it so for now I will give it a rest until later on in the year.

I had a few ideas on the go today simply to try and ignite my mojo but it just wasn’t meant to be life’s stresses have got the better of me and it was hard to focus my attentions on what I was doing but rather on what was going on inside my head.

I took images of two different subjects today a Teapot and a Pomegranate. I decided to go with the Pomegranate (even though I prefer the Teapot) because I felt it held a little more interest. This particular shot of the Pomegranate has been mirrored but this time I only mirrored the smoke as I liked the comp of the Pomegranate (by the way this took some playing around with to get it right).

As usual say what you see ;0) I see a farmer/fisherman.

Interesting fact about the Pomegranate....

 The myth of Persephone, the goddess of the Underworld, also prominently features the pomegranate. In one version of Greek mythology, Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and taken off to live in the underworld as his wife. Her mother, Demeter (goddess of the Harvest), went into mourning for her lost daughter and thus all green things ceased to grow. Zeus, the highest ranking of the Greek gods, could not allow the Earth to die, so he commanded Hades to return Persephone. It was the rule of the Fates that anyone who consumed food or drink in the Underworld was doomed to spend eternity there. Persephone had no food, but Hades tricked her into eating six pomegranate seeds while she was still his prisoner and so, because of this, she was condemned to spend six months in the Underworld every year. During these six months, when Persephone is sitting on the throne of the Underworld next to her husband Hades, her mother Demeter mourns and no longer gives fertility to the earth.

More images from today's set here

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James

Week 5 View 52

Week 5 View 52

Ok I am back burns have healed and my pride has been restored from last week’s disasters.

I had an idea of doing a fruit face this week but for some reason the banana would not play ball however now I have the shots I don’t think the banana was needed. This was just a simple fun shot I was not looking for any reason behind it other than the fact I love shooting smoke. But as always I have to look into the photo to try and come up with a name because I love to give the shot a name to help the viewers see what I see and this shot reminded me of the old fairytale story of Snow White. The central part of the smoke reminded me of the mirror from that fairytale and the witches famous saying “Mirror, Mirror On The Wall Who’s The Fairest Of Them All” and as you can see my fruit face is hardly the most attractive, look how big the nostrils appear in the cherry ;0).

As I say this was just for fun this week as I have more pressing issues to focus my attention on as I have my first interview in 16 years tomorrow and have got to look the company history up. I hope you are still as interested in looking at these creations as I am of taking them.

This weeks submission above "Mirror, Mirror On The Wall" 

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James