Peanut Butter and Jelly, Light Painting Stop Motion

Ben Parker has only been light painting for two months and this is his first attempt at a light painting animation. Pretty rad for a virgin….

Hey Ben tell me a little more about yourself and this piece..

How old are you?
26

How long have you been light painting?
About 2 months

Who is your favorite light painter, who’s work inspires you?
TwinCitiesBrightest is pretty awesome

Was this your first light painting creation?
No, About 2 months ago we were camping at the beach. My girlfriend was taking a
picture in the dark so the camera auto set to a longer exposure. My daughter then
ran through her shot holding a lantern. After that we drew all night! I’ll attach a
couple pics from that night.

Why did you create this stop motion light painting?
I wanted to do something unique.. After coming home from camping and googling light
painting I saw I had a long way to go to be one of the best. I’ve seen a few other
light stop video’s out there but only a handful are really any good.

How long did it take?
I had a lot of distractions, especially people wanting to eat in the kitchen. But I
think I did it over 4 nights. It took 448 shots that were all 30 second exposures
with a 10 second timer. And 448 is just what was usable. I probably took around 650.
So it was very time consuming, but well worth the effort in the end.

Why PB&J?
It seemed easy lol

Anything else in the works?
I’m working an intro to put at the front of future video’s and I have a short clip
(aiming for 20s) I’m working on now. Its about a bird getting revenge on some
hunters.. I have a whole list of things I really want to do, but I’m clearly not pro
at this yet so I’m putting some of my favorite ideas on the back burner till I learn
the trade a bit better.

Do you have a website?
Not Yet!

Anything else you want to add???
This was my first stop motion video (light painting or not) and I learned a LOT
along the way. You can tell in the beginning I shot during the day and I kind of
show up. I also dont have a tripod or remote shutter release which adds a lot of
camera shake. A tripod is first on my list of things to buy. Along with countless
other mistakes I made. But I’d recommend everyone try it out! I had a ton of fun.

Alright man thanks for your time and cant wait to see ham and cheese next…