Inside the Kiln - Lightpainting on Hive

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Inside the Kiln - Lightpainting on Hive
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<center>**Good afternoon Hiveworld.  
I hope all is well and that life is good.  Chris and I managed to align diaries last night and got back out into the Peak District.  Back to the Kiln to shelter from the weather.  It rains a great deal in the North of England and having this place so close to us both is a real bonus.**

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I took along a sheet of glass which I commandeered from a broken picture frame.  I also had a spray gun with me as I had an idea for a really cool effect.  Unfortunately we couldn't make it work as envisaged but I shall practice at home and fingers crossed I'll get what I was looking for in the future.  
Whilst the glass was set up I thought I'd put it to use in a different way.  Chris sprayed the glass with water to leave lots of droplets behind.  I opened up the aperture and focused on the glass.  This thew the background into lovely blur and if you look closely you can see a perfectly flipped refraction of me stood in the kiln.  Blurred out lasers look amazing and this will be something I explore further soon.

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I recently treated myself to a Pro Mist Filter 1/4 from a company called Pig Iron.  This gives a wonderful misty/ ethereal look to the image.  I like such tools as I believe little touches/details added to a shot can take it from a 7 out of 10 to a 10 out of 10.

Here I paired it with a back lit silhouette and a camera rotation of the www.lightpaintingbrushes.com black fiber optic brush and orange filter attachment.  Finished off with the laser. I think it really adds a nice dimension to the shot and brings drama and a sense that some major occurrence has just taken place.  

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This one is similar to the title shot.  Again we focussed on the glass but this time Chris hit up either side of the glass with a blue torch.  I feel this effect works as it tricks the viewer into thinking they are looking in through a window.   Stood in the rain whilst something is going on inside the building.  That's what I get anyway and I believe a sense of story is super important to photographs such as this.

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This was the last shot of the night for me.  I took away the sheet of glass but kept the earlier lighting set up in place.  I remembered an effect I created a few years back using use EL Wire.  I stand in front of the camera and wave the wire about on strobe mode.  Simultaneously bringing one side close to the lens and the other end away from it.  I repeat this action moving my hands slowly up and then down to fill the frame.  More cool texture which I think just adds a little bit of extra magic to an otherwise samey shot.  

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I hope you enjoyed following along with our adventure from last night and if you have any questions about any of my work please feel free to drop me a line.

Cheers to Chris for all his help and as always it was a great evening catching up,  having a laugh and creating some awesome imagery.  Chris bagged some real bangers.

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Gear used....
Sony A7ii
Nikon 20mm F1.8 G
Lightpainting Brushes Tools
Pane of Glass
Manfrotto Carbon Tripod
Light stand & Clamp
BLF Q⁸ Torch
Green Laser Pointer
Convoy S2 torch
Pig Iron Pro Mist 1/4 Filter


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<center>**WHAT IS LIGHTPAINTING?**</center>
Lightpainting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source while taking a long exposure photograph, either to illuminate a subject or to shine a point of light directly at the camera, or by moving the camera itself during exposure. Nothing is added or removed in post processing.

<center>**Single exposure Light Art Photography
/nolayer /notricks /nophotoshop**</center>

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<center>YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE LIGHTPAINTING HERE?

<br>Give the [Lightpainters United](https://peakd.com/c/hive-108913/created) Community a follow and you will be introduced into the world of light painting.</center>

<center><a href="https://peakd.com/c/hive-108913/created"> ![Lightpainter United Banner.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/lightpaintershub/XDA62Be3-Lightpainter20United20Banner.png)</a>

<br>You will find innovative and original light painting from various artists from all over the world. Have a look at the profiles of some very active Lightpainter in the group:

[Mafu Fuma](https://peakd.com/@mafufuma) - [Oddballgraphics](https://peakd.com/@oddballgraphics) - [Fade to Black](https://peakd.com/@fadetoblack) - [DAWN](https://peakd.com/@dawnoner) - [Chris Thompson](https://peakd.com/@fastchrisuk) - [Mart Barras](https://peakd.com/@martbarras) - [Stefan Stepke](https://peakd.com/@stepko) - [Nikolay Trebukhin](https://peakd.com/@yo-hoho) - [Leetodd](https://peakd.com/@leetodd) - [Stabeu Light](https://peakd.com/@lightstabeu) - [Maxime Pateau](https://peakd.com/@maximepateau) - [Stephen Sampson](https://peakd.com/@sam1965uk) - [lightandlense](https://peakd.com/@lightandlense) - [Neil Rushby](https://peakd.com/@neilru75) - [L.A.C.E.](https://peakd.com/@lacelight)

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<center>WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH US?<br>[Join us at Discord](https://discord.gg/W5FXNZj)
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<center>Thank U for your support and keep shining!<br>*LIGHT, LOVE & UNITY!*</center>
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