What’s Your Preference?

Haeretik · #**101** (**permalink**) 01-11-2008, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by grummom

Will someone please, please, pretty please, explain how to do this. For Melinda and I? Thanks!

Best light to use is an LED flashlight... set your camera up on a tripod, set it to bulb mode (this will open the lens when you press the shutter release) and trace the words in the air with the flashlight... when you're done the word(s) turn off the flashlight and close the camera shutter by pressing the shutter release again... you can also turn the flashlight off and on between letters if you want a more printed style of text:

wulf · #**102** (**permalink**) 01-11-2008, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by grummom

Will someone please, please, pretty please, explain how to do this. For Melinda and I? Thanks!

It has been discussed before - read here and here for some information and examples of "light painting".

Wulf

Jen473 · #**103** (**permalink**) 01-11-2008, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by apeashmore

Had some bottles that I have yet to get rid of from New Years!! Here is my attempt...just a beer bottle and some candles..wish I would have been more creative..but time didn't allow..maybe next time.

This looks like a romantic evening in the making, beer AND candles!

Liz Caldwell · #**104** (**permalink**) 01-11-2008, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by s2u.black

The reflection gives it away. The light from my pc screen. prize for the first person to tell me which page I was on.

is that a blue line at the top? lol

Calamity · #**105** (**permalink**) 01-11-2008, 06:10 PM

I didnt understand the assignment, so after reading Wulf's explanation, I decided to use this picture instead. Nobody fall off your chairs, I took the camera off auto mode! I call it, "The Eyes Have It" the only light was the computer screen.

Liz Caldwell · #**106** (**permalink**) 01-11-2008, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by grummom

Will someone please, please, pretty please, explain how to do this. For Melinda and I? Thanks!

You can read the link wulf gave, or you can take my uber-short version...

Bulb setting, manual everything (pre focus in light), start easy, draw a heart with any light, and from there, just trust the lcd screen on the camera. I usually start at f. 5.6. Just play with it, you'll be amazed how easy it is.... it'll still take a bunch a shots to get it exactly right though, lol... I spent all December doing light painting photo's for a documentary on the Rave Scene, those kids do nothing but paint with light!