Independent Work with Vaseline

I recently experimented with nighttime photography and vaseline, as well as long exposures of light. I was toying with the concept of isolation, which I hoped to create by strategically spreading the vaseline to imitate fog. Fog, in my mind, makes one feel isolated and engulfed, and I liked the contrast of that with light. To take these photos, I placed my camera on a tripod at night and shot long exposures (ranging from 2-5 seconds) through a vaseline-coated lens.