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painting the light in
first experiment with light painting a subject.
I snooted a little LED bicycle safety light (I remember reading on one tuturial that snooting a maglight produced better results than letting the full beam shine) and triggered the shutter on my E-330 with the cheap Opteka remote control. From camera left, I painted the curve of the face for several seconds. Then I added a smaller amount on the cigarette, the arm and a small portion of the hair.
Then I hid the light with my hand, walked to camera right and tried to provide some rim lighting on the hair and shoulder (didn't work exactly as planned).
I had gels nearby, but didn't think to paint the background. I did my best to block out the light from streetlamps outside, but a little was peaking in. This turned out ok, because it hit the wall behind the railing and provided some detail.
73 second exposure @ f/9
painting the light in
first experiment with light painting a subject.
I snooted a little LED bicycle safety light (I remember reading on one tuturial that snooting a maglight produced better results than letting the full beam shine) and triggered the shutter on my E-330 with the cheap Opteka remote control. From camera left, I painted the curve of the face for several seconds. Then I added a smaller amount on the cigarette, the arm and a small portion of the hair.
Then I hid the light with my hand, walked to camera right and tried to provide some rim lighting on the hair and shoulder (didn't work exactly as planned).
I had gels nearby, but didn't think to paint the background. I did my best to block out the light from streetlamps outside, but a little was peaking in. This turned out ok, because it hit the wall behind the railing and provided some detail.
73 second exposure @ f/9