A Dance of Fire and Light

This blazing circular trail of fiery streaks, is a rendition of steel wool photography from a previously unseen perspective. For the uninitiated, steel wool photography is a form of long exposure photography in which the hot blazing embers of rapidly spinning steel wool are captured in the form of the streaks of light thereby creating spectacular frames, each different from the other. Imagine a campfire or welding but instead of sparks of fire, you see threads and streaks. Steel wool photography has been popular for a while and has always been a creative artist’s pursuit. I was no exception. The possibilities of long-exposure photography are endless and the end result usually is a work of...View all