slightly different light painting (still life)

[arlon]

My idea of light painting is to use a small flashlight to do something I couldn't do any other way. I set up my subject, set custom white balance to the flashlight and get after it. I posted a video of shooting the boots on youtube HERE for those that are more interested in trying this the video explains a lot.

Some of my other examples of flashlight work HERE.

I use small apertures to get a lot of depth of field and slow shutters to give me time to work the flash light. All of the following shots used a AA LED penlight for light. No flash..
Ocassionally a candle for effect.


LARGER VERSION
F22, 30 seconds



LARGER VERSION
F22, 20 seconds


LARGE VERSION
F22, 15 seconds

[myfotoguy]

Nice work. I have done some really basic stuff like this. Nothing this good. This encourages me to find some interesting subjects and give it another go. Thanks!

[Nicole]

Those look great. And thanks for sharing the video. It was quite interesting. I take it it's a lot of trial and error getting just the right amount of lighting? Does it get easier figuring it out after a while?

[arlon]

Actually getting the light right was surprisingly easy.

[Silverz]

Great technique, I have experimented with this method a few times with some nice results.

[rickylaw86]

Thanks for sharing. Here's what I manage to come up with.

[arlon]

Looks pretty good to me!

[longren]

For example: what do you need to do get rid of the fabic around that watch (no offence here, but i really want the object itself, nothing else)

[twismifot]

This class seems like it would be amazing. I'm new to this site and I am so sad that I am going to miss out on it...

[Michel.Paez]

Great video tutorial, thanks for posting!

Now, I just have to get myself a nice LED flashlight and I'm off to the races!