Painting with lightLight painting is a technique created on a very long exposure which allows you to capture the full movement of the light. This style of photography has been used for over 100 years. There are lots of different styles of light painting. For example, experimenting with fire, writing and drawing, creating shapes. It is a style of photography that is great to experiment with.
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Frank GilbrethFrank Gilbreth created some of the earliest known light painting photos. He and his wife would use small lights, an open shutter of a camera to create an long exposure and a camera timing device. They were then able to capture the motion of manufacturing workers performing various tasks. They were looking for ways to make their processes more efficient so they attached lights to the workers hands so they could track the movements. So they created the effect of light photography although they were not using it as an artistic medium but as a way to simplify their jobs.
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To begin with you need a tripod to make sure the camera is very still, because the effect will be ruined by camera movement. You also need a very dark room and some kind of light sources, for example torches. You need a camera which allows you to adjust the shutter speed and the aperture.
To set the camera we needed to manually adjust the ISO to 100 (light sensitivity) and the shutter speed to however long we wanted around 10 seconds long. We set the aperture at 6 and experimented with with various shutter speeds and exposures to see how many different effects we could create.
I found the most effective combination was ISO 100 , 15 seconds exposure and aperture set at 7. This created the effects below.
To set the camera we needed to manually adjust the ISO to 100 (light sensitivity) and the shutter speed to however long we wanted around 10 seconds long. We set the aperture at 6 and experimented with with various shutter speeds and exposures to see how many different effects we could create.
I found the most effective combination was ISO 100 , 15 seconds exposure and aperture set at 7. This created the effects below.
This is my favourite photo I really like how it has captured the light and its very surreal and vibrant. At first you are not sure what you are looking at- is it an object? is it a person? because o of the unusual shape formed by the light. I particularly like the way the centre of the picture has an intense bright brightness. The exposure it is not too dark or too light and everything is very clear, and well focussed. I shot this photo at IISO 100, shutter speed 10 seconds aperture at 7.What I would change about this photo is the position of my hand so
it is less visible.
I really enjoyed experimenting with light painting and here are a few things I tried out of school....
it is less visible.
I really enjoyed experimenting with light painting and here are a few things I tried out of school....