~ Long Nights ~

So, in my last post Expectant ~ Trifectant ~ i had a section called Long Nights. This is the photography from that section that i decided to make a separate post about. That post was long enough and there were some great shots here that would divert attention away from the art and artistic process... which you can check out in that post.

I took my art out one night while i was working on this and had it on my patio. The artificial lighting gave an odd cast and the colors saturated in a way that i didn't expect. Since i had some time to play with i decided to try out a few different photographic techniques.

I experimented with different lighting settings... different shutter speeds and fstops. I find that digital cameras are a little less flexible than manual cameras... but my digital camera sucks to be honest, compared to the ones used here in this community on a regular basis.

Each image i'm sharing in this post hasn't been touched up in any after the fact program or editing process. These are the shots as i shot them. I removed many of the images that were extremely repetitive... but every image in this post is different for those with the eyes to see.

Thanks for being here and for your time and attention. Other than scrolling and looking at the photos... this will not be as in depth of a long ass post of mine as usual. You can thank me later!

_{Let's get this party started...}

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~ Nothing Ventured ~

They say, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained" and i tend to agree with that sentiment. If you want to add venture you have to adventure. Nothing ventured (venture: An undertaking that is dangerous, daring, or of uncertain outcome) Nothing gained.

I say this to explain that it really wasn't that much of a risk for me to try out new photographic techniques. Just the lighting alone is an adventure in my book.

However, trying to caputure the details and colors with the limitations and new opportunities presented a creative opportunity to me.

_{i believe i can}

After adjusting the focus, lighting settings, shutter speed and f-stops... i decided to try something a little more risky.

The idea to discover if a long exposure would work was entering my mind and consuming my focus to get the best of what i was attempting.

I was trying really hard to get the best value in color out of the lighting. I felt like the purple of the figures wasn't coming out as well as it could.

Try as i might... some times it was more on the blue side diffused, and other times it seemed to be overcast with pink or red tones.

I'm not a professional photographer and my camera is a simple Nikkon Coolpix point and shoot from a decade ago.

But i'm willing to learn and i'm will to exercise trial and error to get the results i want.

In this case, i never got there! hahahaha

And, as i said, i was thinking the whole time on a more creative level than technical leve. My whole goal was to just capture the progress steps of creating the art and nothing more.

But, as this Long Night presented the opportunity, i decided to do something a bit different than my norm on this break.

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~ The Venture ~

_{Let's get this party started...}

At this point it just seemed like no matter how i adjusted all settings it was the same or similar outcomes. So, i thought about @barbarabezina and her style.

I also thought about the many lightpainters and long-exposure photographers from this community.

I decided during my break to give those tactics a bit of a go... and i think it turned out quite well.

In the Alien Art Hive community we love glitch art. It was cool to try an glitch out my photography attempts to accomodate.

I feel like the blur and movement added a lot to this artwork and the subjects.

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~ Right Where It Belongs ~

I posted all these images in their chronologically ordered taking of the photographs. So, i hope that helps you all see the true progression of imagery as it was captured. I have only altered one photo at the very end to rotate it. All the rest of the images are completely unadulterated.

I was really surprised at the results. Although, i didn't fully appreciate them until i got a look on my computer after moving the files out of the camera and into the laptop.

This one i did alter for posting in my art post and making it devoid of color. Though, when it comes to photography, i prefer that Black & White actually be shot in black and white. I feel like it's cheating to just adjust the color in editing.

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~ Where Is It Going ~

To Be honest... i have no idea where this is going. I tried all kinds of techniques to move the camera while the shutter was open. I found it quite refreshing and counterintuitive to the normal way i fell shooting macro in particular.

I'm used to usually holding as still as possible and holding my breath and squeezing the button... like a sniper. Hovering over the subject and having to anchor my arms and steady my wrist to make sure everything is as stabilized as possible.

This long exposure method and creative artistic approach took those shackles off! I was able to be free and have motion... in my body and in the photos.

I rather enjoyed having things out of focus on purpose... and blurring things, not from a mistake, but from the figurative brushstroke of moving the aperture intentionally!

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~ Spinning Out Of Control ~

I write a lot about the art and the process in the last post i made and linked in the beginning. I used a lot of angles in my shooting of the process to show different aspects of the art. However, i feel like this post and this art show off those different aspects even better.

Who knows, maybe i will make some NFTs from this shoot.

This is the final image of the artwork below. I do have it up for sale as an NFT at the NFT ShowRoom on Hive!

I will create an auction in the future for the fist edition. But i had 16 other editions at staggered prices. I priced this one to sell and there are only a couple editions left for the lowest price of 3 Hive. The others are 4 and 5 Hive. Right now with the dip in value of Hive it is a great time to go buy some art.

Click on the blue link beleow to go straight to the purchase page for this artwork i titled "Expectant: Trifectant " I also added an unlockable file with the finished High Resolution scan of the final copy for those that purchase the art.

BUY MY ART HERE

I thank you all for your time and attention and consideration to find value in this post. I definitely stepped outside my comfort zone and feel that it was well rewarding and expanding that zone of comfort. I feel like this style of photographing opened up some new and different artistic opportunities for me. I might have to just go and reshoot all my old artworks in this fashion to see what i come up with.

If you want to see any of these shots as an NFT... let me know in the comments. I would also be curious to know your favorite image or images from this post either way! Thanks for joining me... and until next time... TAKE CARE

_{For Real For Real}