Light Painting "Love"

[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

[TomTomTuning]

Thats just awesome, i will definitly have to give that a try

[Canadian Mum]

I really like that!
Although, you do realize now that all over the world... there are going to be people hiding in dark rooms... attempting to write their own messages! lol...
Hopefully some will post their work here for us to see!

[xxpinballxx]

I've seen alot of light painting and think this is one of the cleanest Ive seen. Great job here and the write up is great! I'm sure you will inspire others to try this after reading your post!

[A Team]

Thanks everyone. I never thought I would get so excited to buy a flashlight!

Linda

[mackenziedawn]

Hey really awesome job! Thanks for sharing with us! I gave it a try and my battery died on me after two shots! Just my luck right? Anyways next time I need a smaller flash light and a fully charged battery!

[Aperthetic]

I attempted these back a couple weeks ago for the new year. Though they take some practice, they're very fun and come out great! I'm sure your guide will definitely help some other members to get started making their very own light art shots!

[Liz Caldwell]

These are from a few weeks ago, there were no planned designs, just people randomly playing with LEDs...

I think the snowman was a lucky catch.





And... more of a fun one...

I guess even Santa's elves like glowsticks. (yes, it is a midget in an elf suit... don't feel bad for him, he loves his job)


(flash was used to stop the action)

[A Team]

Originally Posted by mackenziedawn

Hey really awesome job! Thanks for sharing with us! I gave it a try and my battery died on me after two shots! Just my luck right? Anyways next time I need a smaller flash light and a fully charged battery!

Great job! The flashlight I used was the size of a Mini Maglight.

[surrrrreal.]

I've been doing these shots since forever. They're really fun. =) However, I don't know if it's because my light is too bright or whatever, but it's never completely pitch black for me.