Ball of Light - Chasing!
This going to be a long one, but I need to get it off my chest.
Flickr is a place where you can just come and be. Learn, be inspired (as I am daily) and grow as a photographer. For some people that take longer than others.
Unfortunately there are haters who will tell you that your work is boring. That you copy from others and that you are shit at taking photos. (i think those poeple know who they are). Ignore them!
I dont think many would disagree that light painting is a cutting edge form of photography. It takes just as much skill as any other form, and sometimes more as we are up late, often tired and it simply, by the nature of what we do, takes longer.
I am contacted daily from all over the world by people looking for advice and tips. I direct them straight here to the amazing light painting groups on Flickr. And often follow them up and see them creating some incredible works.
What I am getting to is this. I passionately believe that if you have a play with light painting, and it tickles your fancy than work hard at it. Look at what others are doing, and try the same. The haters will tell you that you are shit because all you re doing is copying others. I say DO IT, look at what others are doing, whether that is orbs, or wool or just poking a torch at a building.
Look at every other style of photography on Flickr, and there are literally millions of similar images. Do not be afraid to look at the composition of any shot, mine included and try and cop it if you must. If it allows you to Focus on getting better exposure then do that. Your own style will come from it.
When I started to get heaps of exposure for the Ball of Light, people would see other Orbs and suggest to me that people were copying what I was doing. This could be further from reality, I learned the technique by seeing some of the early pioneers of light painting doing them. It introduced me to Light Painting, and it helped me develop a style.
OK, so I am ranting now, but my point is this. Do not listen to people who tell you that what you are doing is no good. That you are trying something new (light painting) is incredible. That you are even having a go at anything is incredible. There are millions of photographers taking photos of sunsets, bugs and doorways.. By picking up a torch, or trying to figure out how to spin an orb, you are at the cutting edge of photography. Keep doing it.
This photo above is an example of where I am at. Some would look at what I was doing 12 months ago, and struggle to see the difference. But for me I am trying to perfect a technique. I am looking at the tiny details, the subtle overtones of the image. But mainly for me I am still getting out and trying.
I am shooting more and more video now, I think that, and other forms of photography will become my mainstay. Light painting will remain my passion. It will be the place I go to escape and refine it , and I go there to refine myself and my soul.
So all power to you Light Painters. You are pushing the limit, just because you are doing it. All power to you Light Painters. You are pushing yourself. Dont listen to the haters. They just be hatin, and those people are generally the ones who are insecure with there own work, and are just searching.
Be Strong, and sorry for the rant.
Peace
""Find your thing and do that thing better than anybody else does that thing even if you think that thing has no value because I promise you that it does. And I promise you that other people will see this value too."
Ball of Light - Chasing!
This going to be a long one, but I need to get it off my chest.
Flickr is a place where you can just come and be. Learn, be inspired (as I am daily) and grow as a photographer. For some people that take longer than others.
Unfortunately there are haters who will tell you that your work is boring. That you copy from others and that you are shit at taking photos. (i think those poeple know who they are). Ignore them!
I dont think many would disagree that light painting is a cutting edge form of photography. It takes just as much skill as any other form, and sometimes more as we are up late, often tired and it simply, by the nature of what we do, takes longer.
I am contacted daily from all over the world by people looking for advice and tips. I direct them straight here to the amazing light painting groups on Flickr. And often follow them up and see them creating some incredible works.
What I am getting to is this. I passionately believe that if you have a play with light painting, and it tickles your fancy than work hard at it. Look at what others are doing, and try the same. The haters will tell you that you are shit because all you re doing is copying others. I say DO IT, look at what others are doing, whether that is orbs, or wool or just poking a torch at a building.
Look at every other style of photography on Flickr, and there are literally millions of similar images. Do not be afraid to look at the composition of any shot, mine included and try and cop it if you must. If it allows you to Focus on getting better exposure then do that. Your own style will come from it.
When I started to get heaps of exposure for the Ball of Light, people would see other Orbs and suggest to me that people were copying what I was doing. This could be further from reality, I learned the technique by seeing some of the early pioneers of light painting doing them. It introduced me to Light Painting, and it helped me develop a style.
OK, so I am ranting now, but my point is this. Do not listen to people who tell you that what you are doing is no good. That you are trying something new (light painting) is incredible. That you are even having a go at anything is incredible. There are millions of photographers taking photos of sunsets, bugs and doorways.. By picking up a torch, or trying to figure out how to spin an orb, you are at the cutting edge of photography. Keep doing it.
This photo above is an example of where I am at. Some would look at what I was doing 12 months ago, and struggle to see the difference. But for me I am trying to perfect a technique. I am looking at the tiny details, the subtle overtones of the image. But mainly for me I am still getting out and trying.
I am shooting more and more video now, I think that, and other forms of photography will become my mainstay. Light painting will remain my passion. It will be the place I go to escape and refine it , and I go there to refine myself and my soul.
So all power to you Light Painters. You are pushing the limit, just because you are doing it. All power to you Light Painters. You are pushing yourself. Dont listen to the haters. They just be hatin, and those people are generally the ones who are insecure with there own work, and are just searching.
Be Strong, and sorry for the rant.
Peace
""Find your thing and do that thing better than anybody else does that thing even if you think that thing has no value because I promise you that it does. And I promise you that other people will see this value too."