Lightography / revisited

[elysium]

So I gave it another go just now.

Shutter speed was 10 secs for this using the self timer on my 400D. Light source was a blue led fob.

# 1 - Basketball in the dark

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8908/l1ja3.jpg

# 2 - Walking in the dark

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7200/l2dd9.jpg

C+C welcome

[AlphaChicken]

Those are really effing neat. I like em. I'm guessing that you used a laser pointer?

[elysium]

Those are really effing neat. I like em. I'm guessing that you used a laser pointer?
Just a lil LED keychain fob like below. Nothing big.

http://www.promotionalkeychains.biz/images/functional/executive-led-keychain-l.jpg

[AlphaChicken]

Where were you standing? In front of or behind the camera? Because it looks as it would have been exposed enough to catch you in the shot if you were in front. Unless it was completely dark and you kept moving around frequently.

[elysium]

It wasnt dark. I had a softly lit lamp with a canvas shade beside my bed so the room was lowly lit.

You can see me in the pic since this was only 10 seconds. Im the shadow in the bottom right. Hard to make out but I was there.

[AlphaChicken]

Ahh. I SEE now. I see where your hands were moving to create the drawings and I see where your torso was. Cool lol. Nice work as well. These are very aesthetically pleasing.

[elysium]

Im going to give it another go later on tonight. Maybe outside this time.

[elysium]

Just as an update. Tried a bit more. Lighting was bit harsh but sorted now so tried my hand at diff stages.

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4150/animatedlightographyqz5.gif

and a fan

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/610/fanbg1.gif

[AlphaChicken]

Those are cool. If the second was a bit longer in length it would remind me of that cell phone commercial. Not to put down your photos in any way mind you. ;-) What did you use to make the videos like that? Did you use your camera's rapid shot mode?

[woggie]

i like the second one on the first set cause the shadow of you almost looks like a ghost conductor

[elysium]

Those are cool. If the second was a bit longer in length it would remind me of that cell phone commercial. Not to put down your photos in any way mind you. ;-) What did you use to make the videos like that? Did you use your camera's rapid shot mode?

Well the pics were different attempts at the perfect picture. First animation started with a short shutter speed, then slightly longer etc. Just used ImageReady to put them together.

[elysium]

i like the second one on the first set cause the shadow of you almost looks like a ghost conductor
I thought so too. I didnt expect that but it was due to a white top. Should have realised. This is all just experiments for now.

[AlphaChicken]

Well they are very cool, successful experiments thats for sure. ;-)

[elysium]

Cheers. Here is an AMAZING video if the same sort of lightography as what I have started doing.

I only was given this link yday and love it!

Lichtfaktor (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=15040640)

[pakomo]

love that first animation! :)

[elysium]

love that first animation! :)

Next step. A train which is out of use :D

I want to try and blend light graffiti with the old paint graff. See how that turns out.

[samsen]

Nice try.

[AlphaChicken]

I think these succeeded very well. Got anything more for us ELysium?

[elysium]

My most recent

Swinger - http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1540/swingpp8.jpg

Heres a link to all my work which just on facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=19832&l=ae098&id=506975265

I have scheduled a project on the weekend with a few good friends to see what we can come up with. If im not dead after work that is. Enjoy

[Charles Richards]

These are pretty cool! I tried doing this a few days ago with an LED flashlight ... I'm dimensionally challenged though, and I kept "writing" over letters I already "wrote" lol

[elysium]

@ Charles.

I know what you mean. I had to plan out how much space I had before trying it out. Also best thing to do is practice practice and practice. Its EVEN harder to create shapes that resemble an object.

[AlphaChicken]

It would be really cool to outline a person with light.