Painting With Light

This group is dedicated to the photographic technique of Light Painting.

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Featured Work

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree by Donell Trostrud

Featured in the group Painting With Light on 16 Dec. 2008 / /
Farris Wheel on Acid by Ken Fortie

Combined the regular long exposure with a liquified version of the same picture.
Wasting Time by oastudios

Long exposure/Light Painting / Santa Cruz, CA / 220 sec at 3.5/f / I first painted the model on the bench, then jumped the fence, and shined the light through the fence. as i was doing this, the model was kicking up dirt so that we could get some beams to show up.
Yin-Yang by Perspective

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JUMP 3 by Ian James

Third image in the jump series. Shot with a Contax G2 on a single frame using multiple flash light off the camera.
Red Nebula by Donell Trostrud

Playing in the dark with long exposure and a red pen-light hanging from a string. / Featured in the group Painting With Light on 16 Dec. 2008 / /
The Beat of the Street by oastudios

Light painting
Leadenhall Cornhill Bishopsgate & Gracechurch Street Crossroads by hardhhhat

Taken on that junction in the title in the City of London. A slow shutter speed to capture the action and very lucky timing to have 2 people waiting to cross as 2 buses drive past.
Nightwing by bensound

Light painting outside a church in Brisbane, Queensland Australia. / 2 min exposure at f22

Recent Work

Ghosts in the house! by tdub303

Phill has let some of Darius Twins ghosts out of their cage. This is one of a series of collaboration shots. Darius Twin provided both stencil graphics for this shot. Visit his website to check out his amazing portfolio and his work. He has some wicked t-shirts for sale. Straight from the camera. Strobist. Red gelled SB-25 @ 1/2 left of camera at 6 feet and a blue gelled SB-25 right @1/4 from about 8 feet.. Camera: Canon EOS 40D / Exposure: 60 sec (60) / Aperture: f/11 / Focal Length: 33 mm / ISO Speed: 100 / Exposure Bias: 0 EV / Flash: Flash did not fire
flash back by tdub303

This was part of a collaboration project that spanned the Pacific from Japan to the US. An LA based designer, Darius Twin, provided the stencil graphics for this shot. My mate Phill modeled. The lighting was done with 1 green gelled SB-25 with gobo @ 1/2 from left of subject. The other lights are done by hand with LEDs and cold cathodes. We were experimenting with some new techniques and lights in this shoot. Camera: Canon EOS 40D / Exposure: 221 sec (221) / Aperture: f/7.1 / Focal Length: 44 mm / ISO Speed: 100 / Exposure Bias: 0 EV / Flash: Flash did not fire
Holding Smoke by EricD

Light Painting is used to create a smoke-like effect in front of the model. Dimensions 3104×4672
visitors by tdub303

Darius Twin has sent some of his trademark friends to Japan for a visit. Fiz-iks crew greeted them and took his monkey to a shrine for a blessing. This is the beginning of a series of collaboration shots. Darius Twin provided both stencil graphics for this shot. Visit his website to check out his amazing portfolio and his work. He has some wicked t-shirts for sale. Strobist: Multiple pink and blue gelled shots from SB-25’s to the structure @1/1 fired manually and hand held. This shot is straight from the camera. Camera: Canon EOS 40D / Exposure: 94 sec (94) / Aperture: f/6.3 / Focal Length: 17 mm / ISO Speed: 100
Happy New Year Card by Johanne Brunet

Strand of LED light shot while moving the camera. Focal length 44mm / ISO-100 / Aperture f/5,3 / Shutter 3 sec. Hand held while moving Nikon D60 / AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G VR
Beam me up! by tdub303

Darius Twin has sent some of his trademark friends to Japan for a visit. Fiz-iks crew greeted them and took his monkey to a shrine for a blessing. This is the one in a series of collaboration shots. Darius Twin provided both stencil graphics for this shot. Visit his website to check out his amazing portfolio and his work. He has some wicked t-shirts for sale. This is straight from the camera. This has not been edited in any way. Camera: Canon EOS 40D / Exposure: 92 sec (92) / Aperture: f/6.3 / Focal Length: 17 mm / ISO Speed: 100
Beam Me Down by Woodyk2

Playing around with light….well shutting the downstairs door anyway. I never thought a silver tray in a concrete wash basin could look so interesting.
red eagle by lightpainting

red eagle
Abstract Lighting by Linda Sannuti

my christmas lights from my tree.. / zig zag my camera / high resolution for poster print! / /
blueshare by lightpainting

kinetic lightpainting

This group is dedicated to the photographic technique of Light Painting. This technique involves long shutter speeds and either a camera with a stationart light sourse, or a moving light source with a stationary camera. In some cases, objects are also highlighted with dynamic lighting in a photograph.

This group is not for every blurry photograph you might have accidentally taken.

Please be sure to browse the group’s work to get an idea of that this means – this is not a group to just throw anything involving light into. This group exists to both display your work and help others learn, so be kind and share your techniques!

Also, please put in your description how you took the shot. We don’t want to accidentally reject images that were indeed taken via the light painting technique.

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