Well, I mean in the creative sense!
Ever since I took an interest in photography as a teenager, light years ago, I've always been intrigued by smoke and how to make it really stand out in a picture. Yeah, I tried and tried for years to get it right visually and messed around with different forms of side-lighting and back-lighting, and whatever else there was to hand, in my efforts to create an image that captured the essence. And I smoked a lot of cigarettes and wasted a lot of money with Bonusprint in the process too!
I do remember getting a couple of shots that I liked, and have since lost, but I still recall that the percentage return on investment was pretty low in general. But with cutting-edge equipment and space age post-production software available for very little nowadays, it didn't cost me much to set up a new experiment and have another go.
So this time, with lights, camera and incense stick at the ready, I sprang in to action!
More soon ...
Will of the wisp!
Cool menthol fresh looking Shay ;)
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ReplyDeleteBeing able to blow smoke rings and never having quit I have just realised I have the same fascination with smoke. A still summer's day, on your back in the Green, the hum of traffic beyond your care and smoke curling up out of your mouth into the blue bliss. You've just reminded me of some 80s author who focused on the beauty of the banal details of our lives, can't remember who, but thanks for the reminder. Rory
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