Light paintings can be compared to normal paintings. The camera would be the paper, and to extend this metaphor, the pens would be the fountain pen, just extremer since the effect of keeping the pen in one place when using a torch in light drawings would be ten times greater than with a normal fountain pen.
Steps:
STEP 1
Gather the needed equipment including a camera, a tripod and a torch. Also any necessary props.
Gather the needed equipment including a camera, a tripod and a torch. Also any necessary props.
STEP 2
Adjust the camera settings.
Recommended:
Shutter Speed: 10"-20"
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Adjust the camera settings.
Recommended:
Shutter Speed: 10"-20"
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
STEP 3:
The set is very important when trying to do things like these. One either has to use a dark room, or wait for it to become night and do the light painting outside, which can look better when you try to use the set in your picture. A big area is necessary since the angle of the camera and the lens is wide.
Using the set in the final picture only functions outside. Not too much of the set should be visible though, since otherwise the contrast between the bright torch and the darkness is destroyed.
The set is very important when trying to do things like these. One either has to use a dark room, or wait for it to become night and do the light painting outside, which can look better when you try to use the set in your picture. A big area is necessary since the angle of the camera and the lens is wide.
Using the set in the final picture only functions outside. Not too much of the set should be visible though, since otherwise the contrast between the bright torch and the darkness is destroyed.
IMPORTANT TIPS;
1. Be sure not to shine the torch directly in the camera during the long exposure since that would bleed out in the picture and mess up the final image. When shining directly into the camera, something like the picture above will come out and that is not how it should look like.
2. The location of where the image is taken is very important, since there should be no light source around, and no moving objects, etc. It is better not to do it in the city since this is the place with a lot of light sources and moving objects.
3. What to wear is very important, seriously, since in some pictures one wants to stand out and in others one doesn’t. Therefor the use of black and white t-shirts depending on the scene is important.
1. Be sure not to shine the torch directly in the camera during the long exposure since that would bleed out in the picture and mess up the final image. When shining directly into the camera, something like the picture above will come out and that is not how it should look like.
2. The location of where the image is taken is very important, since there should be no light source around, and no moving objects, etc. It is better not to do it in the city since this is the place with a lot of light sources and moving objects.
3. What to wear is very important, seriously, since in some pictures one wants to stand out and in others one doesn’t. Therefor the use of black and white t-shirts depending on the scene is important.