Comments on: Tips on How to Light Paint [VIDEO TUTORIAL]

By: Nazim

Nazim — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:30:36 +0000

hey priyanka me too wantd to kno dat how to make a video while light paintin…..if nebody has an asnwer plz do reply…

By: Priyanka

Priyanka — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:48:20 +0000

hi,
I wanted to know how to make a video while light painting and not just still photo with a digital camera.
thanx

By: jamie

jamie — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:44:16 +0000

Im struggling with light painting!, i have an E410, on maual mode i set the appature and exposure time, turn of the lights, press the shutter and paint, finish painting with a few seconds to spare and then when i look at the result, its just black, what am i doing wrong :(

By: kirsty

kirsty — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:25:26 +0000

I really love this technique and want to give it ago, i have tried as best as i could to follow everyone instructions and tutorials but cannot figure out how to do it or set it up using my fugifilm finepix F50 :(
Just wondering if anyone knows how to set it up correctly to do this
Help would be much appricated :)

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:58:31 +0000

too bad one has to pay to see the whole thing

By: Ant

Ant — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:34:32 +0000

I thought the written result was quite artistic, how do you determine where to make light and maintain the perspective?

By: nuno

nuno — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:28:09 +0000

i utilise light painting in videos, but it’s a little bit more complicated.
share your experiences.

http://matos.art.free.fr/lightgraff_video_lightgraffiti.html

http://www.matox.fr

By: James

James — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:45:01 +0000

@John: I was originally thinking something with gasoline and fire, until I read your how-to.

Instead of simply using a flashlight and painting, you could tie it to a rope and swing it around like a mad man, although this isn’t really painting anymore. Replace that flashlight with some fireballs and that’s a recipe for success… or disaster.

some examples: http://flickr.com/search/?q=poi&w=all

By: victorio

victorio — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:23:30 +0000

This is a good tutorial for beginners, and has great ideas for usage and post-processing.

A good tip for getting a subject to show up in the picture is to, after using the flashlight to write or draw, turn the flashlight on them. This technique can also be used to brighten the entire room, just by shining the light around. It’s a lot like painting; just make sure you “paint” every spot of the room to get even brightness. Here’s a good one where we used the light to show the subject.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrufidog/2301780012/in/set-72157603555296661/

I’ve also tried lightwriting in incomplete darkness. The result makes it seem like you were doing it in a room during the daytime and your subjects, if they stand still, will really show up. The drawback is that your subjects can tend to have more of a blur if they don’t stand still. But it can be done. Just look below. In reality it was really dark, except we left the bathroom light on and the door open. It was behind the camera and to the left, which explains the way the shadows are.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrufidog/2170666461/in/set-72157603555296661/

By: John

John — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:16:14 +0000

Anyone want to guess how I made this?

http://flickr.com/photos/letterk/231372073/