Light Chaos
a complex way of shooting light trails.
Feb, 2015Views
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Location
This photo was taken in Dubai, U.A.E. A place full of wonders and amazing opportunities to photograph. I'm a self taught photographer.Time
This is probably one of my best and one of my favorite vibrant images of all time. I remember walking on the streets of Dubai at night around 9:30pm walking around with a tripod and my camera, photographing street life and cars. This was probably one of my best night photo-shoot.Lighting
I thought of doing some long exposures as I had my tripod with me, so I set up my tripod at a really low level and took a photo on 30 sec exposure, and I wanted to experiment what will happen if I zoom in while the long exposure takes place, so as the long exposure was going on, I zoomed in, and now, this beautiful image is the result of zooming in while a long exposure takes place.Equipment
This was shot with a Nikon D3200 with an 18-55mm lens. And a tripod.Inspiration
I've always wanted to try night photography and light trails, it was on my "to photograph list" for too long, so one night I went alone as none of my friends were ready to come, so i thought it'll be a little adventure on my own, and indeed it was. I was searching for a place to photograph light trails and once I found a nice road where there is no traffic, I set up my tripod and started photographing light trails.Editing
According to me, light trails don't need much post-processing, as it is a collection of beautiful and vibrant colors. But for this particular photo, all I did was increase a bit if exposure and I little bit of contrast, and the post-processing was done.In my camera bag
Well, being a beginner motorsport photographer, I never forget to carry my 55-300mm and my camera, Nikon D3200, and my favorite lens... 50mm 1.8!! Who could go out without a 50mm??? And my trusty tripod. I do carry my laptop sometimes to copy the images and empty the card so i can take loads more of photos again!!Feedback
Since I photograph lot of drift and motorsport, and street too!! I can tell that none of them is as easy as some people think, for example, if you are shooting a motorsport race, and you don't know where,how,what, and when to photograph, your photos will not come out as you expected, but don't give up there, learn, learn, and keep learning. I started photography about 2 years ago, and there has not been a day that I've said "I have learnt everything" I still do learn by myself and by many other fellow photographers on events and photo shoots! If you want to be a good photographer, keep learning and help the upcoming beginners.
