Above photo - my hand with a pen drawing on it photographed against my black and white photo-collage wall.

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I love art and photography - as well as making poetry. Those 3 are part of my soul. If you scroll down and dig up my blog here in Steemit, those are the mostly what you will see.

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Photography

A heavily-edited selfie.

Editing the photographs I take is also something I do as a hobby. It's like re-imagining what reality is and turning it into something else - a photo out of your imagination. A photo materializing from your mind and soul. The technology nowadays gives you easy access to these great innovations. We are able to create and recreate. Until we achieve the best that we want to see.

Hand lurks in the shadows.

I use different software applications to achieve those effects - usually these ones:

• Photoshop
• Pixlr
• Snapseed
• VSCO

It is better to do it on a desktop in my opinion. Since the things you can do are a lot compared to when doing it on mobile apps. However, mobile apps do get updates from time to time, with new improvements that helps a lot with post-processing of photographs. Filters are actually great if you use them properly. Add creativity to the mix and you've got something amazing.

In general, use desktop for more complicated works while use mobile for a quick fix. However, it all depends on the person using it - it can even be based on their moods or whatever device is more accessible by the time their creativity spikes. Habit is also a factor when choosing between those two.

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"Reach out to your light."

"Don't let your steps fade away."

Long-exposure shot with a Lenovo entry-level mobile phone. The feature isn't that smooth hence why the photo looks like that. However, it produces a great effect and provides a whole new meaning to long-exposure shots.

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Don't be afraid to experiment with the features of your camera and your post-processing app. Bad results may pile up and result into future GREAT results! They did say that a photographer's first 10,000 photographs are his worst. I'm no professional photographer - I don't even have a proper camera to take great photographs. There's one thing I'm sure though, one advise you can also follow:

You can be anything with creativity!

If you receive bad remarks or comments or feedback about your creation, let them be, take it positively. This will in turn, impact you positively. Make the best out of everything you receive, be it bad or good. Bad things add up to learnings and good things pile up till you reach success.

Whatever it is you're doing right now, continue that, never give up. Never back down. The only rival you have is your old self - improve and surpass him. It's You that matters, not them, always remember that.

Be the best You.

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I've been reading too much @surpassinggoogle posts I'm sounding like him in this one. Great guy, do vote for his witness @steemgigs.

All photos used are original shots and edits by @deveerei - originally posted in his Instagram. Check out my footer links for more @deveerei elsewhere.

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Maraming Salamat!

Thank you so much!