Tonight's plan was to get out in to the dark and practice the dark art of lightpainting. Unfortunately we arranged to meet up too damned early to shoot in the local forest so we made a last minute change of plan and headed to one of my favourite places to shoot, Loxley.
Loxley is an abandoned factory complex with many derelict buildings dotted around the site. We decided to take a look inside a workshop we had been in before but never lightpainted in. It turned out to be a good choice since it was clean (ish) and protected from the rain outside.
These are the results from tonight's shenanigans. They aren't perfect and need a bit of refinement but that's just another excuse to return!
Elliptical Nights
I had the idea to get @neilru75 to spin a Denis Smith @theballoflight tool in a circle stood at 45 degrees to camera in order to create an elliptical shape as the tool was spun. For this shot I first framed up Neil in the centre and fired a flashgun with smoke and lasers. Then, without ending the exposure, Neil started to spin the @theballoflight tool at the same consistent rate. I then exposed the spinning on the camera's sensor eight ways rotated around the lens axis using my camera rotation tool.
All shot in one exposure as usual and if you look carefully, Neil's hoodie is exposed in the shot. "Pro Tip" always wear dark clothing when lightpainting!
Steely Spin
This shot is made with the same process as the above image except I used a small RGB LED cube to light up the steelwork structure in a contrasting colour. Rotated eight ways again, all shot in one exposure.
More shots to come from this ace structure!
Laser beam nights
When you have a camera rotation tool in your bag and lights and lasers are involved, it's hard not to throw in a four way camera rotation!
Another one that isn't quite perfect but I decided to show it as an example that not everything goes according to plan. I will return and reshoot this!
Haze
Shortly after a smoke pellet is let off, there's a period of time or the "sweet spot" where there is neither too much or too little smoke hanging in the air. I think this is about the right moment to fire the shutter. The "new" building we were shooting had no draughty winds flowing through taking away my smoke!
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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.
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Whoa!! 🤯 wow!! 🤩 I love these!! Do you mind me asking what colored torch you are using? I love how vibrant.
Thanks @syllymudafknross :-). I used small RGB LED panels on each side for the blue tones then a piece of fluorescent red perspex over a flashgun at the back of the subject. I used a smoke pellet to add atmosphere and to create background separation around the model. I love how the smoke catches the light.
Lasers! We all love Lasers! More Lasers!😎😎
I hope you had the right protection gear. Pretty sure you did, right?
Thanks @lightpainters Everyone who collaborates with me is aware of how obsessed I am in calling, "lens cap on / off" during a shot! 😀 I've never had any damaged sensors so far, fingers crossed!
Perfect!!, this right here is perfect and deserves my reblog
Thanks @danokoroafor 😀