It feels like it's been an eon since I last picked up a camera. I started a new job as a project engineer and I've been surprised how busy it's been. Once I find my feet, I should hopefully be back posting and getting out more with the camera!
On one slightly breezy Friday night, @neilru75 and I ventured out with the aim of lightpainting in a local tunnel. After the first one we arrived at was a bust (someone had placed a fence in the way) we came up with a Plan B at an old railway personnel tunnel.
Friday Fractal Flux Capacitor
I managed to acquire a fractal filter with the correct thread size to fit on to my Sony 24-105 lens. The aim was to combine zoom pulling techniques with the fractal filter but I much preferred this result with no zoom.
For this shot, I lined up Neil and fired a rear mounted strobe to light the walls in red. I then lightpainted the pattern behind Neil knowing that the filter would scatter the light in a slightly unpredictable way. Next I defocussed the lens and used a Ball of Light tool spinning it either side of the tunnel.
All shot in one photographix exposure as usual.
Zoom Pulling
I initially dismissed this shot as a bust but getting it back on the computer, I kinda liked it!
This is a simple zoom pull where I start the exposure with a longer focal length and then zoom out to wide.
Fractal Laser Beams
This was just a test shot to see the effect of the lasers through a fractal filter. It's always a surprise to me when the test shots come out looking probably better than the shot I'm aiming for!
About me: I usually specialise in shooting lightpainting images but occasionally dabble in urbex and artistic model photography. I'm always on the lookout for someone to collaborate with; please don't hesitate to get in touch if you'd like to create art.
WHAT IS LIGHTPAINTING?
Lightpainting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source while taking a long exposure photograph, either to illuminate a subject or to shine a point of light directly at the camera, or by moving the camera itself during exposure. Nothing is added or removed in post processing.
Single exposure Light Art Photography - no layers - no tricks - no photoshop
If you would like to see more lightpainting please give the Lightpainters United Community a follow and you will be introduced into the illuminating world of light painting!
If you want to see more examples of lightpainting, feel free to check out these guys:
Mafu Fuma | Oddballgraphics | FadetoBlack | DAWN | Mart Barras | Stefan Stepke | Nikolay Trebukhin | Lee Todd | Stabeu Light | Maxime Pateau | Stephen Sampson | lightandlense | Neil Rushby | L.A.C.E.
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