Comments on: Adventures in Light Painting

By: Mark Cohen

Mark Cohen — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:02:27 +0000

My absolute favourite light-pianting photo I’ve ever taken is this one

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rageman/1726418640/sizes/m/

When I learned about light painting my teacher showed us photos where the photographer (who’s name I forget of course) went inside a really old and dilapidated house and fired off his flash against the walls inside, making each window glow a different colour. That worked magically in the pics.

By: Fred Hill

Fred Hill — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:53:19 +0000

Light painting photos always draw me in. I love the look of them. I need to try it out some time and see how I do. I just need to have a good place to set-up my tripod and a strong flashlight.

By: Christopher Blunck

Christopher Blunck — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:32:59 +0000

I’ve tried light painting a few times and failed miserably. One of the many challenges of light painting is that it requires either a very bright light to paint with if you’re going for exposures < 30 seconds or it requires you to purchase a “bulb” kit for your camera. Depending on your make and model the bulb can be pricey.

I didn’t want to plunk about $120 into a bulb for my camera knowing that a pair of PocketWizards would be more useful, and I didn’t want to drop the coin on a pair of those just to experiment with painting. As a result I went with the “what can I paint in 30 seconds”. Even with a Mag Lite with 4 D batteries standing about 30 feet away from some trees I couldn’t throw enough light onto the scene to make a difference.

Light Painting truly is an art but there are a lot of scientific fundamentals that need to be delicately balanced in order to create the experience you want. Hats off to anyone willing to try it out and to those that are so great at it. A good light painter can take some truly amazing shots.

By: Rob Trueman

Rob Trueman — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:42:16 +0000

Clearly, I left before the good stuff! Wow, these images are great. Plus, you got to shoot with Dave Black – a true guru in photography. Plus, you were sick! You did well, Lisa! Very, very well.

By: Masey

Masey — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:35:50 +0000

This has always been one of my favourite examples of light painting.

http://moourl.com/htf51

Can’t wait to get into more of it myself this Winter…

By: Lis311

Lis311 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:13:38 +0000

I haven’t gone all out with light painting, but there are a couple of photos I’m particularly proud of :-)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lis311/544755749
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lis311/208051246

By: Thai girl

Thai girl — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:59:46 +0000

cool beans!
You’ve been to the full moon party in Thailand before? When you coming back? I’m gonna take you around.

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:55:11 +0000

I’ve done the light painting where you use a flash light and draw around a person or create a shape infront of the camera. I never though about actually painting light onto an object like you guys did with the tree and barn.

I’ll have to try that one day when i can stay up long enough for the dark to happen! lol