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TrysteSingle exposure lightpainting.
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I think you might be a little bit far away - but I do have a basic tutorial here [link]
Dave
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so wander full think! great full... thank!
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this is awesome. I am totally addicted to light painting myself.
Maybe you would be interested in thelight junkies project.
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Hey, thanks. Tried to follow the link, but it seems to be broken.
Dave
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sorry i guess ineed to work on my HTML!
Anyway here is the link to the flickr group.
[link]
There are tutorials and tons of other information on light painting in the discussion. I hope you do not view this as spam. I really thought you might be interested.
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Thanks, that means a lot. Your work is fantastic.
Dave
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So cool.
So with it being on a real long shutter speed to get the light drawing as it were does it mean the model has to stay extra-specially still otherwise it would blur?
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Yes, usually around a minute, so a model who can hold a pose well is essential.
Dave
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Flashlights and frustration. Mostly frustration.
Dave
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..........................................................u r THE MAN!
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most intriging, might i ask what light painting is exactly?
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Light painting is long exposure work lit with a small hand-held light, usually a flashlight - in this case a slightly modified Mini-Maglite. The flashlight is moved during the exposure to "paint" light onto the subject.
Dave
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lol no sweet. i just loved the pic
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Outstanding picture! What size light did you use, just wondering how big the flash light was or maybe could you do the same picture with a small led light. Keep up the good work.
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It was a very small one - 2 AA cells. You could do the same thing with LED lights, but I tend to find the colour temperature of LEDs to be somewhat strange - I suspect that they produce a broken spectrum, which is difficult to correct.
Dave
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nice
i took the same shot one week ago aprox, but the model is myself ,
and the light is white
so when i came over the pic i was like
"wow someone else had the same twist of mind as me "
nice
interesting .
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heheh might cound stupid but yes *hides*
its hard, really hard.. but i do
but i dont get satistifed 2 fast ,i need a lot to do
so i dont like the picturees ,but its an idea stuck in my headthat i will surely work on more in the near future
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You took a self-portrait lit like this?
Dave
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let me guess - a cigarette lighter, fast running and long exposure?
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Close. Flashlight, long arms, long exposure.
Dave
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mmm bulb, i did a crappy one of me runnign down the road with a sparkler dunno what happend to that pic ,o well
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Yea, outdoor lightpainting is fun too.
Dave
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Where did you get the light torch? I've been trying long exposures with my old Nikon EM 35mm I have from when I was a kid. Not sure what to use as a light source, or exposure sttings/times. Any helping hints?
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You can pretty much use any light you like, I have quite a few flashlights and each gives a different look. You need to lock the shutter open with a cable-release and control the exposure with the aperture alone. A few test shots will be be needed to figure out what aperture you need to use for any given light.
Dave
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I'm just now trying to accomplish these type of shots. Experimenting. Problem is I'm using a standard SLR, so I don't know the outcome until I get the film developed.
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The best thing to do is shoot a series of test shots, bracketing widely. With ISO 100 film and a standard D cell flashlight I would expect to use f5.6, but there are many variables: brightness of the bulb, age of the batteries, distance of the light from the subject, speed of movement of the light etc. Once you get that sorted out you'll still probably have to shoot qulte a lot of film to get that one good shot.
Dave
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That open of an aperature? Uh oh. I've been using like a f16, like in the shots in which I've been doing light trails from cars. I can't wait to get a D-SLR!
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I featured this piece alongside 21 other deviations in my journal entitled "22 Must See Deviations Edition III." I also wrote up a small summary of why I would like my viwers to look into your gallery further. Please swing by and take a look and support some of the other artists. *I wish I would have posted the woman in the bulb, but this is still one of my favs too!
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Thanks! You've featured some great stuff there, so it's an honour to be listed among them.
Dave
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