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light graffiti by www.ericcastro.biz.
Light Drawing
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Light Graffiti

I took this picture while camping. Its my Girlfriends daughter. She's busting one of her "modeling" poses. This ones mellow thankfully.

The blue light is her great uncle walking by on his way to the bathroom. I pressed the button, then hustled over with the flash light to freestyle the light drawing. You can see the shutter closed mid Halo.

EDIT, Answer for "mi.c.hael"
SHIT NO !!!! thats not photography !! :) I use CS2, but I am very against adding elements that were not there.

I had her stand extremely still. Its a 30 second shutter if I remember. The ONLY photoshop element is my watermark. I didnt even tweak levels or contrast.

I took the flash light and ran it around her entire body at a angle from the side so she would be that "low key". It also helps it appear that the light is actually glowing.
I had to cup my hand on the lens end of the flash light so that it wouldnt be visable to the camera.
Then, I did the outline with nothing there to trace. I also started and ended the out line with the flashlight pointing to the ground and panned it towards camera. Thats why the ground looks like there is a pool of light. 

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mi.c.hael  Pro User  says:

this is sooooo cool...

so you just left the shutter open, and made the wings with the flashlight? I take it it was completely dark and you inserted your girlfriends daughter into the picture later?
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

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www.ericcastro.biz  Pro User  says:

^ I answered your question above.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

bobmo86 [deleted] says:

love your work, and this picture espesualy!!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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amy-wong.com  Pro User  says:

very cool! deserves a fave ^^
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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mi.c.hael  Pro User  says:

very impressive and thanks for the explanation!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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trazmumbalde  Pro User  says:

Cool!
Very well done!

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sga1120 says:

this is wonderful. very nice and very sharp; surprised at the fact this is a 30-second shot.
btw, nice angel outline; mine woulda sucked :)

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Allen (p2y2r7o)  Pro User  says:

Awesome! Wish the blue line wasn't there...anyways I love doing stuff like this. You know what's even more fun than flashlights? Sparklers! Look at the first few pics in my stream.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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tALSit de CoD  Pro User  says:

this one is my absolute favourite!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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Rebelxtnut  Pro User  says:

awesome, im so gonna try the hole painting with light sometime
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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CaKö says:

Wow!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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franganghi says:

fantastic subject and photo.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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remixoverdrive says:

Very impressive! Just a brilliant execution. =D
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

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Allyeska  Pro User  says:

brilliant. i am wanting to dosomething bvery similar. im doing my first light painting next weekend and i cant wait.
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ricardocreattive says:

hi!

can you give me a tutorial to learn how to do this effect?

is very important for me ;D
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

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Aiely Hilton says:

Don't i look great!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

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www.ericcastro.biz  Pro User  says:

^ LMAO, yes you do little lady ;)
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

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Marcio Carrasco  Pro User  says:

Just gorgeous.. Excellent work!

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Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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Eibx  Pro User  says:

The lighting on her is amazing!

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yasinkaya says:

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Simuha999 says:

very nice
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vintagedept  Pro User  says:

Just fabulous...
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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dani was taken says:

nice one
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Oh My Gulay Photography says:

That looks like a pain to do.
Light graffitti looks soo cool but its hard with like 8 sec. Shutter
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Lambert Eliza  Pro User  says:

Amazing.. mannn.. I'm surprised the wings were perfect lol
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bohrsy88 says:

Anyone who likes these light graffiti pics should check out this video! AMAZING! :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC9VO0QvnGM
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ddittell says:

www.ericcastro.biz,

Wow, this is just amazing. I actually think it works better with the partial-halo too. I wanted to thank you for releasing this photo; I've used it at my blog Alphabet Soup Kitchen with full attribution and a link. Again, thank you.
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