Kinetic Photography

[Laurenbiz]

Hello all!

A friend of mine just talked to me about kinetic photography, and I absolutely had to try it out.

I took this shot in my office room at night with the blinds closed and no lights. The green light is the light on my printer. I took a five-second exposure, and I diagonally moved the camera down once, and then I moved it across horizontally once. This is SOOC. I know I need to darken the bottom left.

EXIF:
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel XS
Lens: Kit 18-55mm
Exposure: 5 sec.
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO Speed: 400
Focal Length: 30mm
No flash

I need help understanding how I can get the green lines to be appear as though they have different levels thickness? With kinetic photos I've seen that I love, some lights are thick and others are very thin.

And - how can I incorporate different colors?

Thanks so much!

[AdrenoJunkie]

Disclaimer: I am a total noob and have no idea what I am talking about.

That being said, I like it. I've played with light art a little bit, never thought to move the camera instead of the light. To get different thickness of lines I would say maybe moving further away might work. Or you could use different size lights. Use the cardboard over the lens trick to move from one light to the next in the same shot. Same thing with different colors, or you could use photoshop for the colors. If you go to the "How I Took It" forum and find a thread titled Parabolas, there's some awesome stuff there done with a flashlight on a string. Might give you some ideas. There's also an article or thread on here somewhere by a woman who paints with light that is amazing.