I showed my classes how using flash stencils, leds and cold cathodes could create some pretty cool effects. I was hoping to see some Halloween light paintings! Haven't seen any so far, so here's one from a class demo to get the ball rolling:
Wired Magazine Likes Light Painting
STREET ARTIST TURNED photographer 2wenty likes to stay behind the scenes, but his alter-ego Lightman is an adventurer who loves roaming the streets and beaches of Los Angeles. The artist, who used to create artwork and surreptitiously paste it up around LA, started experimenting with light painting three years ago. “I feel light painting to me is a reflection of...
Student Awesomeness
My digital photography class learns two different styles of night photography; long exposure architecture shots, and light painting. This is a mix of both types of shots. Enjoy! Feel free to leave comments for your fellow photographers to read! Come take a look...
Perfection (through trial and error and cheap gadgets)
Light painting is cool. Orbs are cooler, and a perfect orb is the coolest. Using whatever tools you want (physical tools, NOT photoshop that is) make me an awesome orb. A perfect orb will get you partial extra credit. The best (per class) most totally awesome and complex orb will get the MOST extra credit...
Tips on Night Photography…part 2
In order to make light paintings, longer exposures are used to record the movement of the light. Since this is done in dim areas, if the person painting with light wears dark clothes and moves continuously, they are usually not recorded in a photograph because light doesn't fall on them in any one spot long enough to...
Night Photos: light wands, stencils, etc.
First, there might be some talking in this first video, but the end result is awesome, and gives you a really good idea how to plan and put together a well orchestrated night photo. I have a ton of posts here about night photography. Just do a search for "night" and you'll see a lot... Continue Reading →