Light Painting
Light Painting; 'the 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.'
The two images above, are two of my most favourite and most successful images from this section. The first image is of random swirls and squiggles using a blue light. The second image is of a stick man using a white light. This is my contact sheet for light painting.
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When looking around Castle Place for interesting places to Light Paint, I saw the view of Lisburn and admired its’ lights and motions. I decided to experiment with my shutter speed, making it 20 seconds, and take a photo to see what would happen. Although this image is not technically Light Painting, I think this image was successful as the shutter speed helps capture the bustle of the town. I really like this image as it is unlike any image that I have ever taken and I think that its visually interesting.
Development
Equipment used:
In order to light paint, I needed to change some of the normal settings on my camera. I changed the shutter speed to 10+ in order to give enough time to light paint. Next, I changed the aperture to F29 to reduce the overall amount of light hitting the sensor and then went on to change the ISO from 400 to 100.
- Nikon D3200
- Tripod
- Multiple colours of lights
In order to light paint, I needed to change some of the normal settings on my camera. I changed the shutter speed to 10+ in order to give enough time to light paint. Next, I changed the aperture to F29 to reduce the overall amount of light hitting the sensor and then went on to change the ISO from 400 to 100.