When light painters talk about camera rotation they normally mean rotating a camera on its own axis as a way of creating kaleidoscope like patterns. On this series I'm rotating the camera horizontally but also the subject being photographed. I do that by placing the camera with tripod on a lazy suzan together with the subject. That means that the background gets the light streaks but those same streaks also illuminate the object on the front side, as I rotate the lazy suzan 360 degrees. This creates reflections on the object that make it fit more with its environment than simply swiping lights behind an object. These streaks are not caused by direct lights but rather a thermal blanket reflecting several gelled lights in my studio.
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Great Idea, it can be quite difficult to think out-of-the-box with some techniques that have become "standard" in terms of creative photography.
Cheers bud. Missed this comment for some reason.
This is, in a certain way, mesmerizing. Nice work @oddballgraphics !
Thank you! 😊
Great post, I had to look twice at the first image as it looked a bit NSFW haha
You were right to ass(ume) that. Someone threw this away simply because the head is missing. Have used its shiny curves in a few abstracts already.
Blimey, LP gold dust! I'd probably raise a few eyebrows carrying that on location haha
Cool stuff here. I think, i will do this myself next time. Just the thing for bad weather.
Cheers bud. Yeah, it's fun for indoors.
I'm guessing that you're taking a shot on a timer then spooning the lazy Susan slowly to get the streaking effect?
I have a wireless trigger. I spin it then hit the trigger while it's spinning and hit it again to close shutter.
Welcome back buddy! :)
Cheers mate! 😊
Oh Hugo, well done. Looks really amazing. 🤗
Thanks bud! 😊