We are in the middle of the season for lightpainting where it's dark enough to venture out in to the dark at a more hospitable time of day and still be fresh for the following day's wage slave duties. Here in the UK, it rains a lot this time of year and when it does, I revert to kitchen based lightpainting. This is a post to show off some kitchen based faffery where, during the exposure, the camera is moved for effect.
GoFlo
This one is not strictly an indoor shot but here on this evening I was out in the middle of the Peak District with too much gear....again. I suffered a tripod head failure this evening but went with the flow anyway and bagged this. First I panned the circuit board then changed lenses pointed at the running Neil. All done with the same tripod in the same position; much harder than swapping tripods...
Virus 6.0
Another lens and tripod swap shot where I used an iPad image of a skull and panned across on the second tripod and lens. This is easy to do once you get the technicals right:
Sub Atomic Kitchen
Combining mid exposure lens and tripod swaps with a fibre optic brush from http://lightpaintingbrushes.com and a considerable amount of OCD to nail this one:
The SOOK Projectile
This was shot using a camera rotation device to enable the camera to freely rotate around the lens axis. First I shot the circle, lens capped without ending the exposure, swapped lenses in the dark and moved the camera to a prearranged Ikea Gamsebo bulb. I exposed the bulb for a brief time then panned the camera to leave a light trail. Again, easy to do once you get the technicals right but it's definitely a pain trying to line everything up!
Circuit Board Addiction
Sitting in my kitchen in the dark with an old laptop circuit board and approx 20 pieces of photographic equipment for company. I spend ages setting up these shots, jealously guarding the dark lest a family member should venture in to MY kitchen and turn on MY lights whilst I'm in the middle of setting this or that shot up!
Kinetic Nights
I stumbled across the idea to turn the circuit board at an angle and shoot with macro extension tubes to create a shallow depth of field effect. I then swap lenses and tripods again to create this kinetic light trail down the middle. This is a shot that works in either orientation, landscape or portrait:
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I usually specialise in shooting lightpainting images but occasionally dabble in urbex and artistic model photography. I'm always on the lookout for someone to collaborate with; please don't hesitate to get in touch if you'd like to create art.
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