What’s Your Preference?

EmOz · #**101** (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 12:30 AM

Tried this last night, and geez its nowhere near as easy as it looks. Accidentally pointing the light at the camera (ang getting hotpsots), loosing track of where I was.. all part of the learning I guess.

Will give it another go tonight and see if I can come up with something post-worthy!

yeoldesalmon · #**102** (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by A Team

How I did it….. 101 for the Newbie

Set Up:
Made the room as dark as possible.
Turn one light back on to set up.
Turn my camera setting to S and set my shutter so it was open for 8 sec.
Set my focal length to 18mm.
Stood about 6 feet in front of the camera holding my maglight and had my husband set the focus.
Turned the focus to M so that it would not change.
Switched my camera to a timed release to give me time to get in position.
Turned the lights off.

The Shot:
Turned the flashlight on and held a piece of blue tissue paper doubled up over the end.
Cupped my hand over the light.
Clicked the shutter release.
Got into position.
Kept my hand covering the flashlight until it was in position.
Wrote the word “love” imagining that I was writing on a chalk board. I did not try to write backwards.

My Surprise – two toned affect:
I got a two-toned affect by changing the speed of how quick or slow I was writing. This was a surprise to me, but I love how it turned out. The faster I wrote, the whiter, the slower, the bluer. The narrowing of the tail was because I turned my flashlight slightly towards me.

Post Processing –
I cropped out the extra black.
Flipped it so that it could be read.

That is it. It is very easy to do. This was my first attempt and I was able to do it in a couple shots. I hope I did not leave any thing out.

Linda

I took your advice and got this:

A Team · #**103** (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 04:00 AM

Love the eyes on your smiley face. Great idea!

I'm glad to see others having fun with light painting. Somehow, it seems easier to manage light by adding it versus figuring out how to deal with existing light...if that makes sense.

jagoble25 · #**104** (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 05:07 AM

I would really like to see this pic, can you repost???

ShaelinaV · #**105** (**permalink**) 01-29-2009, 06:28 AM

This is so much fun! I need a lot more practice though. I tried spelling my name, but it's just too long so I just went back to Love. It's a nice simple word for now. I need to track down different colors of tissue paper though and start painting multiple colors. I'd love to try the sparklers/firecracker ideas though too!