Writing with light photography

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Recently we published inspirational article containing great long exposure shots. Today we wanted to go a little bit deeper and focus on painting with light...

This summer I got the chance to play with my Grandfather's DSLR. I've wanted to try light drawing for a while to see how it worked, so one warm, mosquito-filled night I took the camera, a tripod, and a flashlight out to the backyard. If you would like to try it yourself, here's how I did it: 1. Wait until it's beginning to get dark. The first two photos were taken with the outdoor lights on, so it's still completely doable with some light, but you will see the person holding the flashlight…

light writing

On the Fourth, we had so much fun playing with sparklers. We skipped watching fireworks altogether, although there were plenty to be heard in the neighborhood. Right before dinner, we made an emergency run down to the place where they were selling fireworks and picked up a giant pack of sparklers. We decided to spell...

Light painting is a popular topic on Flicker and other photo sharing sites in the last couple of years. It is a photographic technique in which a design is created on a photographic image with a so…