Painting with Light

[jackirons]

I've been messing around lately with long exposures and lights. Tell me what you think.

1
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3316/3553411064_f1ef29a1a4_b.jpg


2
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3648/3553412174_37d35c489d_b.jpg


3
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/desmondmason/5-2.jpg


4
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/desmondmason/6-4.jpg


5
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/desmondmason/7-5.jpg


6
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/desmondmason/8-3.jpg


7
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/desmondmason/IMG_5677.jpg

Thanks for looking.

[kingsown]

a great effort a bit of cropping on 1+2 to loose the objects from around the edges for a very good set of shots --keep it up a lets see more

[alexm525]

I like the first one, first time i have seen something like that. :)

[runarut]

I like the chair. that is pretty wild.

Curious about how you did that. I don't think I could ever get the light lines to be straight.

On the last picture, I wonder if you think there was noise in the picture from your camera's sensor. Did you use a high or low film speed rating?

[EvoIXMR]

First one is nice.

[jackirons]

Thanks everyone. To keep the first one straight, I made sure I moved the light against the chair, so it was like I was tracing it. Otherwise it would have been crooked.
On the last one, it didn't look anything like that out of the camera. I hit some automatic button on PhotoScape, and it came out all red and noisy.

Pictures 3-6 were lights connected to a ceiling fan, which I turned on the lowest spinning setting. They didn't turn out quite the way I wanted, but I like 6 for some reason.

[FlyingPhotog]

IMO, #6 is graphically the strongest.

What did you use to get such perfect circles?

[Todd Lambert]

What kind of lights are you using?

[Gig103]

#1 is really cool!

[yozyoz]

^agreed! love the first one

and i'm also wondering how you got the circles so straight

[Todd Lambert]

^agreed! love the first one

and i'm also wondering how you got the circles so straight


Ceiling fan.

[Evilfooker]

Ceiling fan.

Add to that, a Balanced Ceiling Fan. . :lol: But great shots, I love playing around w/ lights on long exposure shots even if I'm not in control of what the lights are doing ;)

[jackirons]

The lights I used are the one's that connect to pens to make them light up. I just take the pen part out and use the light. One other light I used for the three circles was some light that came in a cereal box.

Here's a picture that I took while the lights were on. I had to add some more tape to the lights so they wouldn't fall off, but that was basically what I did.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g255/desmondmason/IMG_5759.jpg

[S.n.a.f.u.]

man this idea is awesome and totally new to me. i am going to see if i can google some on it and start playing around with the ideas.

i really like #1 but agree that cropping down to just the chair would make it more appealing

[jackirons]

Thanks. You should definitely try it out. It's a lot of fun and there's so much that can be done with it.

[exodusfman800]

Great job. I really liked #1. It looks like something off a Sprint commercial.

[Bravotwofive]

This is the same direction that I seem to be going only with a slightly dfferent twist.

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu344/AuthenticImage/Colorado/IMG_7492.jpg
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu344/AuthenticImage/Colorado/IMG_7480Crop.jpg
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu344/AuthenticImage/Colorado/IMG_7379.jpg
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu344/AuthenticImage/Colorado/IMG_7501.jpg
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu344/AuthenticImage/Colorado/IMG_9602.jpg
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu344/AuthenticImage/Colorado/IMG_9785.jpg

[sigmakidownz]

Mine are somewhat different from what I've seen... lol

Note: None were taken seriously haha, everything was just for fun.
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/104/l_f0d53fd6a61742f8a006eccc0fc8a35c.jpg
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/90/l_710edcd9ca7c4d7bb997ef5fa99c4ef6.jpg
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs093.snc1/5128_99218756370_618761370_2526381_3407056_n.jpg
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs093.snc1/5128_99218771370_618761370_2526383_6399203_n.jpg
:rolleyes:

[dkord]

Mine are somewhat different from what I've seen... lol

:rolleyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW_9SYaWAQg

[S.n.a.f.u.]

can someone point me in the right direction or explain how this is done? I think i have an idea but i am just not certain and i would love to play around with some photos like this soon.

[PhotosGuy]

can someone point me in the right direction or explain how this is done? Which, specifically?

[S.n.a.f.u.]

well how to paint with lights in the photos, basically where to start doing any of it

[Todd Lambert]

Switch to bulb mode. Get a light. Run through open exposure with the light on.

That's basically it, in a nutshell. The amount of time that the frame is open for and the exposure settings will need to be tweaked by the amount of ambient light is available.

Anyways, just start trying it and you'll get results pretty quickly. It's very fun.

[PhotosGuy]

What Todd said, + make sure that your battery is charged. Holding the shutter open eats up battery power.

Light painting (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=469521)

Painting With Light (http://www.diyphotography.net/painting_with_light)

[lynfen]

Painting with light indoors.

Some old cigarette tins in my house

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/3694188734_874ab85be9.jpg

Pears

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3629/3688793695_cc1783bab7.jpg

[dotTif]

Ceiling fan.

Brilliant!