Light painting has long inspired photographers with the technique capturing a moving light source whilst taking a long exposure photograph which is difficult to perfect but can produce exciting results. - Source
...And I am no exception to that. I have been inspired to do this for so long. I've made quite a few light painting using my mobile phone but the results are not that spectacular (neither does the following photographs - since, again, this is an experiment).
Image used in the banner was also captured by me. Thanks!
This series is basically: "Me taking a selfie with lights".
Here's my first photograph for this blog post. I've already edited this in Photoshop. I will show you a GIF of the process later on. This is a self portrait with rows of lights passing in the foreground:
Horizons
How did I achieve this shot and processing?
- I've ordered fairy lights (led in a string of wire) around 2 meters long and is powered through a USB port (I used a power bank to light it up).
- I have mirrorless cameras capable of capturing photographs in long exposure and contains other settings that allows better photography versus mobile phones.
By the way, here's the GIF on how I applied post-processing to this shot using Photoshop CC:
I had to crop it since the wall's post is shown on the right side of the photo and on the left side is a pole-hanger for bags and hats. I added Box Blur on the photos except on the light streaks on the foreground.
Tornado
This second photo shows swirls of lights - this was made using the flashlight of a mobile phone waved in a way that it draws a spiral in the air. This is the original photo (only edit applied was crop):
Here are the next steps on the post-processing process this photograph underwent in Photoshop:
- Tone adjustments to make the image darker:
- Fixed highlights and shadows as well as making the background flatter by removing the shadows of the wall post:
- Lastly, recolored the image to have a warmer tone and added in my watermark too.
A Tree
This 3rd photograph kind of resembles a Christmas Tree because of its triangular shape. This was made by swinging the fairy light from left to right. This is the cropped and unedited photo:
I applied a few fixes on its colors here and removed detail on the wall's post to make the wall more flat:
Here is my finished photograph of it. I used the smudge tool to add an effect to the background at the sides of the tree. I also did some touch-ups on the tone and made the tone warmer (more red). I also added my watermark on it:
Thanks for reading!
I certainly hope you have enjoyed this little experiment of mine. This is part 1 and I'll be uploading more photos under my Light Photography series. I hope I could live up to some people's expectation. Do take note that I'm new to this photography thing though (so be easy on me).
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I love that tree the most! Nice photos Sir Dev
Wooooow dev! Amazing lights photography. Love the GIF. Thanks for your support to us @deveerei. Hope to see you soon! ☺
Thanks Miss! Opo, dala ko cam - photoshoot na to ng team ca haha lol. :D
Haha.. oo dalhin mo yang amazing cam mo -love the photoshoot idea. lol. See u soon dev. Thanks!
Wow it looks so amazing. I have fairy lights too never thought I can make something creative as this. I wanna try ! Thank you for sharing.
I remember when we were trying to do that way back in 2011. We were only using my Kodak camera and small flashlight. We formed a blue heart shape light.
Light painting and light painting is such an amazing art. Your experiments are really looking great.
Keep up the good work.
nice, looks so magical. :)
astig try ko to minsan 😄