Here are the entries for the January 2016 Light Painting Photography Contest. Everyone PLEASE VOTE in the comment section of this page to pick your top 3 images, the images all have a number in the title (EXAMPLE… IF ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES IS THE IMAGE TITLED “Light Painting Contest 05 January 2016″ THEN YOU SHOULD PUT THE NUMBER 5 AS ONE OF YOUR CHOICES). Please remember that the theme of this contest was FLOWERS this means that there should be flowers included in the image in some way, shape or form. Voters that do not include 3 unique choices in their post will not be counted. In other words no 1,1,1, or 5,5,5, or 7,7,7,…..Please pick your three favorite IMAGES based on the image alone.

I would like to give a special THANK YOU to Ms. Riley Scroggins and all the students from her photography class that participated in this months contest! Great work and Good luck!

The light painting photography contest series is sponsored by the best damn companies on earth COAST Flashlights, Neon Flexible, LED Flexible,and Light Painting Brushes ! Please support these awesome companies that support our light painting art from, without them this contest series would not be possible!

Here are the entries for the November 2015 “Portrait” light painting photography contest. Everyone PLEASE VOTE in the comment section of this page to pick your top 3 images, the images all have a number in the title (EXAMPLE… IF ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES IS THE IMAGE TITLED “Light Painting Contest 06 November 2015″ THEN YOU SHOULD PUT THE NUMBER 6 AS ONE OF YOUR CHOICES). Please remember that the theme of this contest was Portrait this means that there should be a person included in the image in some way, shape or form. Voters that do not include 3 unique choices in their post will not be counted. In other words no 1,1,1, or 5,5,5, or 7,7,7,…..Please pick your three favorite IMAGES based on the image alone.

The light painting photography contest series is sponsored by the best damn companies on earth COAST Flashlights, Neon Flexible, LED Flexible,and Light Painting Brushes ! Please support these awesome companies that support our light painting art from, without them this contest series would not be possible!

Here are the entries for the September 2015 “Multiple Exposure in a Single Exposure” light painting photography contest. Everyone PLEASE VOTE in the comment section of this page to pick your top 3 images, the images all have a number in the title (EXAMPLE… IF ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES IS THE IMAGE TITLED “Light Painting Contest 06 September 2015″ THEN YOU SHOULD PUT THE NUMBER 6 AS ONE OF YOUR CHOICES). Please remember that the theme of this contest was Multiple Exposure in a Single Exposure otherwise known as “The Lens Cap Trick” this means that the camera exposes some part of the seen, the lens is then covered while the camera remains exposing then the lens is uncovered to expose a new part of the scene. There are many variations and interpretations of this but at some point during the exposure the camera lens must have been covered and then uncovered to expose some new part of the image. Voters that do not include 3 unique choices in their post will not be counted. In other words no 1,1,1, or 5,5,5, or 7,7,7,…..Please pick your three favorite IMAGES based on the image alone.

The light painting photography contest series is sponsored by the best damn companies on earth COAST Flashlights, Neon Flexible, LED Flexible,and Light Painting Brushes ! Please support these awesome companies that support our light painting art from, without them this contest series would not be possible!

We are now a little past the half way point into the submission process for the 2nd International Light Painting Awards by JanLeonardo. As a member of the Artist Jury I know I have seen some cool stuff so far but I wanted to hear from the man himself to see how the contest was going and to maybe get a few pointers for those Light Painters that have been waiting to submit their best work! If you don’t know what the hell I am talking about check out this previous post about the ILPA here. If you do know what I am talking about you better get to work because the prizes for this FREE Light Painting contest are incredible and you only have a few weeks left to submit. Read on below…

LPP ∇ JanLeonardo now that we are in the final weeks of the submission process for your 2nd International Light Painting Awards I wanted to check in with you to see how is everything going? How many entries have come in so far?

JL ∇ Its going well, we have 350 entries from over 50 countries so far.

LPP ∇ How does that compare to the first ILPA, how many entries did you get for that contest?

JL ∇ We had a total of 1050 pieces from 74 countries!

LPP ∇ Wow so I think that you are going to get tons of images at the last minute, do you think that people are waiting until the final hour to drop in with some mind blowing creations?

JL ∇ Absolutely! They are looking and waiting for the last minute call … and then they submit their Masterpieces 🙂

LPP ∇ Are you seeing some standouts already? What are you looking for in a winning image?

JL ∇ An outstanding performance, new ways of light painting, a fantastic composition, like the new submit from Karin Brodowsky!

LPP ∇ That is a beauty, What advice would you give to someone looking to stand out?

JL ∇ GO NEW WAYS! Amaze yourself and show how to insert an outstanding light performance in a background.

LPP ∇ Can you tell me a little more about the prizes?

JL ∇ I organized $16,000 Euro in products! Photokina supported the Grand Prize Award 2015 with an prize for an artist exhibition, complete printing of 1o photos, wall space and lighting! Also all traveling expenses with two nights at a local hotel for 7500,00 Euro!

The rest breaks down like this:
1st Place
Sony A7R + Sony (Zeiss) Sonnar T* FE 35 mm F2,8 ZA (2,900 EUR)

2nd Place
Carl Zeiss Distagon (1,700 EUR)
Lens Carl Zeiss T* 2.8/21. Super wide-angle lens and the leader in its range.

3rd Place
LED LENSER (1,300 EUR)

• 1 x LED LENSER® X21R.2
• 1 x LED LENSER® M7RX
• 1 x LED LENSER® X7R
• 1 x LED LENSER® M5
• 1 x LED LENSER® H7.2
• 2 x LED LENSER® P7QC
• 2 x LED LENSER® T2QC
• 1 x LED LENSER® P5R.2
• 1 x LED LENSER® M3R

4th Place
Novoflex BALPRO TS + Adapter
(1,250 EUR)

5th Place
Lucroit Set (1,200 EUR)
First filter holder and adapter sets.

6th Place
Manfrotto MT055CXPRO3 055 Carbon + MHXPRO-3WG (720 EUR)
Manfrotto 055 Carbon Fiber Tripod 3 Sections Geared with XPRO Geared 3 Way Head with Adapto Body

LPP ∇ That is pretty incredible! Thank you for taking the time to answer some questions and even more so I think I speak for the whole community when I say THANK YOU for organizing such a wonderful opportunity for light painting artist!

JL ∇ 🙂

Click here to find out more and submit your images NOW the deadline is August 1st, 2015.

Prepare yourself, The International Light Painting Award, 2015 by JanLeonardo will start taking entries on June 1st, 2015. Bust out your lights and get your creative juices flowing. You will need to create something glorious because this is the greatest opportunity for your light painting work to be rewarded the photography community has ever seen. Light Painting Artist will be able to submit 2 of your best images. Those images will then be narrowed down by the Artist Jury, if your shots make the Artist Jury cut they will be sent to the Grand Jury panel made up of professionals from the official sponsors including Sony, Novoflew, Lucroit, LED Lenser, Zeiss, Manfrotto, and Photokina. Its free to enter and the prizes are valued at over 16,000 Euros! Get over to http://www.lightart-photography.de/lp-award/ to find out more, it all starts June 1st!

For some inspiration Check out this interview with Mark O’Neill the winner of the 1st International Light Painting Award from 2013!

 

 

Here are the entries for the April 2015 “Kinetic” light painting photography contest. Everyone PLEASE VOTE in the comment section of this page to pick your top 3 images, the images all have a number in the title (EXAMPLE… IF ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES IS THE IMAGE TITLED “Light Painting Contest 02 April 2015″ THEN YOU SHOULD PUT THE NUMBER 2 AS ONE OF YOUR CHOICES). Please remember that the theme of this contest was Kinetic Light Painting otherwise known as “Camera Painting” this means that the camera moves and the lights in the scene stay stationary. There are many variations and interpretations of this but at some point during the exposure the camera must MOVE and use the light within the scene to create or add to the final image. Voters that do not include 3 unique choices in their post will not be counted. In other words no 1,1,1, or 5,5,5, or 7,7,7,…..Please pick your three favorite IMAGES based on the image alone.

The light painting photography contest series is sponsored by the best damn companies on earth COAST Flashlights, Neon Flexible, LED Flexible,and Light Painting Brushes ! Please support these awesome companies that support our light painting art from, without them this contest series would not be possible!

The theme for the light painting photography contest starting March 1, 2015 is Kinetic Light Painting otherwise known as “Camera Painting” this means that the camera moves and the lights in your scene stay stationary. Great examples of this are Camera Rotations like the images below, now you don’t have to rotate your camera you can use light from the moon and create a moonlight drawing, the key is the camera moves to create the design.

To Submit your Image:
Get your single best entry in to contest [at] lightpaintingphotography.com by April. 21, 2015 for a chance to win a featured post on the LPP website and a light painting prize pack from our super awesome sponsors listed below! Please remember to follow the THEME of the contest, include your name in the title of your submission, and resize your image to 1200 pixels on the longest side and 72 dpi. If you do not follow the theme of the contest your image will not be accepted, and as always no F#@&*! photoshop. 

Here are two fine examples:
Camera Rotation by Chris Thompson

Moonlight Drawing by Jason D. Page

The light painting photography contest series is sponsored by the best damn companies on earth COAST Flashlights, Neon Flexible, LED Flexible,and Light Painting Brushes ! Please support these awesome companies that support our light painting art from, without them this contest series would not be possible!