{"id":129,"date":"2011-06-11T17:23:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T17:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.payneplanet.com\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2011-06-11T18:45:52","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T18:45:52","slug":"in-the-press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.payneplanet.com\/?page_id=129","title":{"rendered":"In the Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mail Online 1st June 2011<\/h1>\n

Up in smoke: The stunning images created by incense sticks and mirrors<\/strong><\/h1>\n

By Lee Moran<\/a><\/p>\n

Smoke and mirrors have long been the preserve of magicians.<\/span><\/p>\n

But one amateur photographer has taken advantage of the concept to produce these stunning images.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jay Payne makes the extraordinary pictures using incense sticks, his camera and Photoshop – all in the comfort of his own living room.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Mind<\/a>

Mind Control Stage 2<\/p><\/div>\n

Smoke and mirrors:<\/strong> Jay Payne’s photographs are created in his living room<\/p>\n

\"Phoenix\"<\/a>

Phoenix<\/p><\/div>\n

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Clown<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Spooky:<\/strong> Faces can sometimes be seen in the photographs as a result of an effect that replicated the process of putting a mirror next to the smoke<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Fire\"<\/a>

Fire<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mystic Tortoise<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bold and Beautiful:<\/strong> Jay Payne darkens his living room, and lights and incense stick to create these pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Jay, from Burnley in Lancashire, darkens his living room and lights an incense stick to create the pictures, setting up his ordinary digital SLR camera and using a manual flash.<\/span><\/p>\n

He then mirrors the images in Photoshop – a graphics editing program – before adding the colours in to pick out the details of the picture better from the black background.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Doomed<\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Tigerfalls\"<\/a>

Tigerfalls<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photoshop:<\/strong> Jay Payne uses computer software to mirror the image and add in colours<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old’s pictures pick out images from the smoke from nowhere, with little manipulation. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Faces can be seen in the middle of the mirrored images that have been produced just by an effect that replicates the process of putting a mirror next to the smoke.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Out of nowhere:<\/strong> Jay Payne’s pictures pick out images from the smoke, seemingly from nowhere<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Read more: http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1392846\/Up-smoke-The-stunning-images-created-Jay-Payne-Burnley-Lancashire.html#ixzz1OzLRHD3E<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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