light graffiti
Light Drawing
or
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.
Aiely Auh-Mazing
Comments and faves
╢Gin ╟, Esben.from.Denmark, Ginés, amy-wong.com, and 128 other people added this photo to their favorites.
mi.c.hael (71 months ago | reply)
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?
www.ericcastro.biz (71 months ago | reply)
^ I answered your question above.
bobmo86 [deleted] (70 months ago | reply)
love your work, and this picture espesualy!!
amy-wong.com (70 months ago | reply)
very cool! deserves a fave ^^
mi.c.hael (70 months ago | reply)
very impressive and thanks for the explanation!
trazmumbalde (69 months ago | reply)
Cool!
Very well done!
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sga1120 (68 months ago | reply)
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::: (68 months ago | reply)
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.
tALSit de CoD (62 months ago | reply)
this one is my absolute favourite!
Rebelxtnut (62 months ago | reply)
awesome, im so gonna try the hole painting with light sometime
CaKö [deleted] (62 months ago | reply)
Wow!
franganghi (62 months ago | reply)
fantastic subject and photo.
univrsltransl8r (62 months ago | reply)
Very impressive! Just a brilliant execution. =D
Allyeska (62 months ago | reply)
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 (61 months ago | reply)
hi!
can you give me a tutorial to learn how to do this effect?
is very important for me ;D
Aiely Auh-Mazing (60 months ago | reply)
Don't i look great!
www.ericcastro.biz (59 months ago | reply)
^ LMAO, yes you do little lady ;)
Marcio Carrasco (59 months ago | reply)
Just gorgeous.. Excellent work!
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Eibx (53 months ago | reply)
The lighting on her is amazing!
We have invited this photo
to the Light Graffiti group.
yasinkaya (53 months ago | reply)
sUPER
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James Millercus (50 months ago | reply)
very nice
vintagedept (49 months ago | reply)
Just fabulous...
dani was taken (49 months ago | reply)
nice one
Oh My Gulay Photography (48 months ago | reply)
That looks like a pain to do.
Light graffitti looks soo cool but its hard with like 8 sec. Shutter
LALambo Photography [deleted] (48 months ago | reply)
Amazing.. mannn.. I'm surprised the wings were perfect lol
bohrsy88 (45 months ago | reply)
Anyone who likes these light graffiti pics should check out this video! AMAZING! :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC9VO0QvnGM
ddittell [deleted] (45 months ago | reply)
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.
bananabombboy (38 months ago | reply)
this is so cute, i love the idea, slow shutter speed?
ive never attempted this but you inspire me!
terryrl (20 months ago | reply)
This is a stunning photograph! Thanks for sharing it. I have played with light graffiti a few times and find the results really rewarding. I have some tips at my site www.great-photography-tips.com/Photography-Ti ps-Light-Painting.html.