Lightpainting with Floodlight?

So i've been doing a lot of lightpainting recently, and i'm looking at my options.

I'm not a fan of using my speedlights i much prefer using my flashlights.

So now i'm thiniking of increasing my lightsource size, Has anyone used LED panels / LED floodlights for lightpainting?

I'm looking at generic video LED light panels or this:
http://www.amazon.co.u​k …-FLOODLIGHT/dp/B00FF8AM​X2
Or this:
http://www.tooled-up.com …3ytvlmBESqyf3ca​AmEK8P8HAQ

Any advice?

I would think that use of a floodlight is too much like using uncontrolled lighting! Why not use a SPOTlight?!

I just thought a bigger fill of light would be better. I have issues when i use flashlights (more my technique issues) I can always put some barn doors on the flood?

urbanfreestyle wrote in post #17342063
I just thought a bigger fill of light would be better. I have issues when i use flashlights (more my technique issues) I can always put some barn doors on the flood?

Considering distance to subject, the difference in apparent size between a flashlight and the light you posted is negligible.

How confident are you that the size of the source is the problem? Any samples?

it seems to be more of a hotspot issue, i find it hard to get an even lighting without having a hotpoint (normally on the corners)

Here is the website for the master of lightpainting IMO.

http://aaronjonesphoto​.com/

He started with flashlights and then invented the Hosemaster. Essentially a light source with a fiber optics cable attached. He had attachments for the optic cable to spread or restrict the light as desired.

Is this similar to what you are trying to achieve?

The hotspots may be a function of the angle of the light to the subject, not so much the nature of the light itself.

Here's two examples, not my best but gives a good show of my issues, in the first pic there is a MASSIVE hotspot on the rear corner and in the 2nd pic i think the light is very liney (is that even a real word?) i mean it's uneven. Thus i thought getting something that has more of an even throw would be better than one that has a hotspot in the middle of the beam.

It looks like the hotspots may be the result of the angle of the light. Take a look at the motorcycles in the Aaron Jones link. His hotspots are more controlled but they are still there. With such a large area in your examples a flood could be helpful, just be careful to take the angle of incidence into account.

Aaron said that he used a white card, hidden from the camera, to shoot the chrome on the motorcycles.

ah ok, so a bit more practice really is needed. I may try out the flood and see if it works within 30 days! if not i can take it back

Sounds like a plan.

I like the second shot, without that pesky kick it would be better.

Pesky kick?

The problem with the first pic is 100% with the positioning of your light. You could be using a 30x30 source and get the same results. Google angle of incidence equals angle of reflection

The second is with your technique mostly.

Kinda seems like you are going to do what you want regardless of our advice, but you will also likely run into color rendering issues with those lights. I doubt the manufacturer even considered CRI when specing the parts.

So it would be better to save my money and put it to better use and work on my painting skills (i'll have a look at that angle of incidence thing now)