Light Painting
Drawing with lightLight painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a light held source or moving a camera. It allows you to create your own light painting image. To do that you can have any type or colour of torch and you just play around with it but photographers take their time doing imaginative light paintings or they use a background and then light paint over the top. For example the picture next to the explanation is a rather good example of a ghost like drawing of skeletons made only with light and a long exposure.
photo = from the Greek phos meaning light graph = from the Greek graphe meaning writing |
In the 20th century artist began to experiment with long exposures of moving light in order to create their own individual light drawings.
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What I did?
The DSLR camera was attached to a tripod so that it was strongly focused and was unable to move to we had a clear image. We then set a timer up to 10-30 seconds so that it was able to capture the light. I experimented with different setting with my group members to capture a range of images.
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Editing With iPhoto
How I made the image better.I went on to iPhoto and selected the image i like the most and then i edited it to make it more successful.
STEP 1 At the bottom of iPhoto it says edit so I clicked on the small icon. STEP 2 Then depending what settings it's on it should come up as shown on the left. STEP 3 After I experimented with each setting I adjusted the levels of the black back ground. STEP 4 I changed the temperature of the picture so that my halo wasn't that bright so that it was clear. STEP 5 Then I played around with the tint until I thought the image was better. And the image above is my result! (IT WAS THAT EASY) The difference between my selected image is successful and I have developed a much clearer image. |
WWWThe black back drop because it made the light stand out. And lighter colours were bright.
I was able to experiment the camera before using it so I knew what to do. |
EBIThe backdrop wasn't paper because it produced a slight shadow which effected the image I produced.
If I adjusted the exposure for a longer time so that I could produce more imaginative pictures. |