Painting with Light

• Technique
• take a picture with the lights on so that you can verify your composition, the shutter should be set at 1/30 or 1/60 seconds and the ISO should be at 100-200. Slow down the aperture by making the lens as wide as possible (at f5.6) and turn the lights off. Now take the picture; once the shutter is open, you must trace whatever you wish to be lighted up with the flashlight but be careful not to stay in one spot with the flashlight too long or it will be burned in that area.
• Definition
• Light painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera
• Tools, equitment, props
• tripod
• DSLR camera capable of long exposures
• a flashlight
• a dark location
• a subject (another person from class)
• a flower
• a background picture
• string
• ideas
• painting my name beside me
• outlining a person. or several people together
• making stars
• surrounding a flower with outlines of a flower
• create a light waterfall
• tying a string to the ceiling and spinning it around
• examples (2 visuals)

 

      

How the lab went from start to finish: First we were assigned our cameras and then we set up our tripod in the darkest area we could find which was in the front right corner of the room. however, the light from the blinds was behind and the photographs were not as clear with the light. We changed position to be in front of the teachers desk however, there was light on the left side of the photograph which wasn't as damaging to the photograph but it still effected the outcome of the sharpness of the light. After tracing several pictures with light in the air we tried to direct the camera onto the black side of the desk but the color was not easy to see at all. After that, we packed up the tripod and put the pictures on our desktops and then turned in our cameras.

Positives and negatives: the light from outside was making it hard to get the colors, and the fine-ness of the laser pen made the words thin and shaky. However, when using the iPhone flashlight, the colors were the boldest and brightest. 

If i could do it again I would change what kind of light pens I use. I would not use the laser pen, but instead try a big LED flashlight to get sharper, clearer, wider light. Furthermore, I would try and go to a room that was completely dark-like Mr. Carmichael's with no windows, or maybe in a bathroom.