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emeyedeejay
13-02-2009, 08:45
I came across some of this photographers images and a write-up in today's Metro... [13-Feb-09 p3] [link (http://img.metro.co.uk/e-edition/A13zya/Metro20090213/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metro.co.uk%2Fe-metro)]

I've seen some amazing photos produced by painting with torches and light but these are unreal! :clap:

Metro gallery (http://www.metro.co.uk/torch)

Michael Bosanko Photography (http://www.michaelbosanko.com/group3131.html)

[As an aside - the electronic Metro is very good for those that don't know about it at all : E-Metro (http://www.metro.co.uk/e-metro)]

:thumbs:
Wendelius
13-02-2009, 09:17
:notworthy

I haven't really looked at many "painting with light" photos before. But this is an amazing set.

Wendelius
Boink!
14-02-2009, 00:39
Was just going to post this. Amazing work, innit?
nutter45
14-02-2009, 10:15
I saw this in the paper yesterday, love it :notworthy
RomerojpgX
14-02-2009, 16:16
There are some stunning artists out there who blow even tham away, some are just gigantic pieces of work with tonnes of people helping with the lights.

I saw some amazing Street Fighter 2 work like this, with all the charecters doing their special moves! amazing stuff as people were flinging fireballs and stuff

Still aint got a clue how to do it at all myself :lol: I have tried a few times, but how they do everything so well is beyond me.
emeyedeejay
14-02-2009, 16:16
I spent ages looking at these - the light spheres look like a plan to try - but the drawing of dragons and aliens and people etc. - crickey ... no chance of getting that right :lol:

I remember a pic in these parts once where somebody had used a torch to "paint" laces on a pair of boots ... it was very good as well :thumbs:
liamail
14-02-2009, 18:21
I'm sure the Bosanko gallery has been posted on here before. Definitely worth another look, though. I've been planning to try some light painting stuff for ages.
surfer_chicky
16-02-2009, 13:12
I saw his stuff a while back on one of my VW fourms.
They are very cool!! I have tried it a couple times and it didn't pan out very well :(
simonmac
16-02-2009, 13:20
Can any one describe how the technique is achived? I understand the camera needs to be set to a long exposure but is it just a case of waving a touch infront of the camera?!
surfer_chicky
16-02-2009, 14:32
Just looking at the other forum where he posts. Some of them are 20 min+ exposures. He uses several LED torches with gel tape over them to get the colours.
Harold1066
16-02-2009, 17:17
I remember a pic in these parts once where somebody had used a torch to "paint" laces on a pair of boots ... it was very good as well :thumbs:

That would be me :D Thanks :)

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonbackpacker/817217444/" title="Light Boots by londonbackpacker, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1295/817217444_e88eb5514c_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Light Boots" /></a>

Can any one describe how the technique is achived? I understand the camera needs to be set to a long exposure but is it just a case of waving a touch infront of the camera?!

More or less :) It's just a case of trial and error; making the patterns that you want on the object (if using an object).

I went through a phase doing this but it is time consuming and can only be done at night :) Sometimes it could be two/three hundred shots to get the one I like.

Saying that, these big pieces are outstanding :thumbs:
Gizmo
16-02-2009, 22:29
You can get some intricate effects using small leds and a battery - I made a wand which was basically a stick, a battery, resistor and small connector at the end to fit leds into.

I've not experimented since I got my DSLR (ironic since I had grandiose plans for light paintings using long exposures - my previous camera had a max 15 sec exposure and no bulb mode).

This one was done by putting a string on the end of the wand and getting the movement going like a pendulum (15 sec exposure, shot on a tripod from above with black card on the floor as a backdrop):

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gizmof/2656392023/" title="Atomic by Gizmo_F, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/2656392023_8388a06ea6_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Atomic" /></a>

This one was done with a mini-maglite with the torch off, was my first try at light painting - done by tracing round my missus' recurve bow:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gizmof/430154499/" title="Fire Arrows by Gizmo_F, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/430154499_872567f783_m.jpg" width="214" height="240" alt="Fire Arrows" /></a>

Of course, this could be done almost as easily on film - Picasso did a light painting:

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5910/picassoce7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/picassoce7.jpg/1/w800.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img22/picassoce7.jpg/1/)

And if you really want your socks knocked off, watch this - it is absolutely stunning:

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Boink!
17-02-2009, 07:41
I remember a pic in these parts once where somebody had used a torch to "paint" laces on a pair of boots ... it was very good as well :thumbs:
There was also a good one with an electric guitar.
Dishy
17-02-2009, 08:01
I tried this for my one of my AS Photography last year and it was very hard to get right. I found that you need to use a very coherant bright light source, my mag light just didn't cut it bit an LED bicycle light worked. My tutor mentioned that the pros use very powerful lspecialist light sources to achieve their images. It is good fun but as mentioned earlier very time consuming to get right!
Highlander
17-02-2009, 16:52
Those big pieces are amazing. Really hard to get right. I'm wondering if he had some sort of wire framework to work with? I done this kind of thing a few times, and as Harold said above, it take's lots of shots to get one good shot. It's really hard drawing something in mid air when you can't see the results until the end. This simple flower took nearly 100 goes to get, and it's still not perfect. I wanted more than 4 petals, but had to settle for this.

And btw, Harolds laces are brilliant. Last time this light painting was mentioned, I also remembered that shot.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1027/955364101_e2e39bc911.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sypix/955364101/)
emeyedeejay
20-02-2009, 17:45
That would be me :D Thanks :)

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonbackpacker/817217444/" title="Light Boots by londonbackpacker, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1295/817217444_e88eb5514c_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Light Boots" /></a>

...

That's the one! :thumbs: ... stunning! :clap:
GarethH
20-02-2009, 23:45
That would be me :D Thanks :)

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonbackpacker/817217444/" title="Light Boots by londonbackpacker, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1295/817217444_e88eb5514c_o.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Light Boots" /></a>

Ahh I remember that well, a truely outstanding image. This is one of the key photos on Dvdforums that got me into photography! :notworthy :notworthy
emeyedeejay
21-02-2009, 10:54
There was also a good one with an electric guitar.

Anybody remember who by or where it may be?
emeyedeejay
21-02-2009, 11:07
Could be this one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/l_r_scott/468364886/

by L R Scott - looks like it was posted here based on one of the comments - it's :clap:
Len
09-03-2009, 16:29
Correct it is mine. Thank you for the kind comments.

I used to post regularly, but 16 months aho I had a neurlogical incident which has left me with a few problems including sadly one which now affects my eyesight.