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Lichtfaktor – United By Light

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Light Painting United By Light Image

One of the things the Lichtfaktor Light Painting Crew is best known for are their incredible Light Painting stop motion animations! Nearly 14 years ago they released StarWars vs StarTrek which became one of their most popular and successful Light Painting animations. Now they are launching a new project and they want Light Painting Artists from around the world to be a part of it! Lichtfaktor is hoping to post a new episode each week or few weeks by another Light Painting Artist/Crew on their YouTube and Instagram pages. There can be connections between the episodes, so the story involves with each episode. The project is called United By Light and they have got things kicked off by producing the first episode below. If you would like to participate in the project reach out on their new Instagram Account https://www.instagram.com/united.bylight

How To Light Paint With a Cell Phone, Light Painting Tutorial

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How To Light Paint with a Cell Phone

Hi everyone, as I am sure you all are well aware we are going through some difficult times in the world right now. I made a new Light Painting Tutorial video showing how to light paint with a cell phone. I hope that this video is helpful to those that might not have access to a more expensive camera and it will bring more people into our light form. Even if you have a DSLR or “fancy” camera shooting on your cell phone can yield some interesting results and I hope you will give it a try. Wishing all our Light Painting family around the world a peaceful mind and good health, be well and see you all out there on the other side of this…

Cell Phone Light Painting

Cell Phone Light Painting

Cell Phone Light Painting

Light Painting Mosaic: Quarantine

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Quarantine Mosaic

Dan Roberts has launched a new Piece Out Light Painting Mosaic Project called Quarantine. We all know we are going through some hard times in the world right now and if you are on the better side of things you and your loved ones at least still have your health. If you are one of the lucky ones that is HEALTHY but getting bored at home this would be a great time to join in on this Light Painting collaboration.

The way the Piece Out Light Painting collaboration works is the image above is divided into 560 individual pieces or tiles. Light painting artist from around the world can sign up to light paint one or several of the tiles and once all the tiles are completed the final image with come to light. CLICK HERE to join in this project!

The last Piece out project was Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, as seen below!
Light Painting Starry Starry Night

Light Painting Tutorial, The Tinfoil Technique

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Light Painting by Jason D. Page
In this light painting photography tutorial inspired by Tim Gamble I show how to use Tinfoil to create a mold and then illuminate it to get some really interesting light painted results. The way the various colors of light catch the tinfoil and mix together when using handheld light sources during a long exposure can yield some incredible colors, textures and designs. The possibilities on this technique are only limited by your imagination! I hope you find some inspiration in this tutorial and will give it a try yourself. Be well and lets do the best we can to take care of one another in these difficult times.

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The light painting tools that I use in this tutorial are from.
Light Painting Brushes: https://lightpaintingbrushes.com
Soonfire DS31 Flashlight: https://amzn.to/2WAQ5px
ROSCO MixBook: http://www.dmglumiere.com/products/mixbook-p202

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Light Painting by Jason D. Page

Light Painting by Jason D. Page

Light Painting Blade Guide Tutorial by Christina The Light Painter

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Light Painting by Christina

Light Painting Photographer Christina Marie recently shared this cool Light Painting Video tutorial. Spatial awareness can be one of the most difficult aspects of creating a Light Painting, in this tutorial Christina shares a technique of using a “Blade Guide” to make things a little bit easier. Check out the video and images below!

Light Painting by Christina

Light Painting by Christina

Light Painting Photography Contest Winner, March 2020

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Light Painting Photography

Congratulations to the winner of the Light Painting Photography Spirograph contest Antonio Martínez for the above image titled Andromeda! This image was a complicated one to make here is what Antonio had to say about his winning Light Painting!

“My intention was to create as a galaxy originally only with the spirograph but I thought it was all a bit empty. I wanted to include some other light painting effects to make it better, so I included added in some more effects. To create the image I also used a kaleidoscope, a glitter card, a black fiber optic and several different flashlights with color filters.

To create this image I made the spirograph with an orange plastic rod attached to a flashlight and the round Light Painting Paradise adapter. I  hung it from the ceiling of the living room with a piece to thread, then I used a flash of cold light in the center of the frame. I made some effects with the black fiber optic with a blue color filter and then without moving the camera I did some more effects by lighting a glitter card in front of the lens to create white dots.

Finally I changed the camera to a different tripod that I had prepared in front of a kaleidoscope and I made some more effects in the form of radial lines, dots, and concentric ring around the spirograph all these in blue and orange. All of those element come together to make the Andromeda galaxy image! I made many combinations for two nights in a row until I got this one that you see here.

The settings used were: 395 seconds of exposure – multiple diaphragm with manual lenses (f/8 to f/16) – 14mm – ISO100 – 5500K – multiple focus – changing camera position.

Thank you very much to everyone for the votes, and to the judges for finally choosing my picture! Here are a few behind shots of the setup.

For this winning Image Antonio will receive a prize package filled with light painting tools and treasures from our sponsors COAST Flashlights, Neon Flexible, Rosco 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! If you would like to enter the next Light Painting Photography contest click here for all the details. 

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Northern Lights, Light Painting Work by Fabrice Wittner

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Artist Fabrice Wittner has recently completed a new Light Painting series called Northern Lights! The series is an invitation to the polar night and the traditional world of Inuits that shines light onto the current ecological and  climate issues. To create these incredible works Fabrice made large detailed stencils, cut them by hand and then headed off to Greenland where he spent 2 weeks in -15º weather working in a village of just 29 souls… Check out some of the images and video of the project below and for many more images and information on the project check out all the details HERE!

Spirograph Light Painting Photography Entries, Feb 2020

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Light Painting Photography Contest

Light Painting Photography Contest 10

Here are the entries for this months Light Painting Photography contest! The theme of this light painting competition was Spirograph. Everyone PLEASE VOTE in the comment section of this page to pick your top 3 favorite images, ONLY VOTE ONE TIME. Select the 3 different images you love based on the images alone and leave your selections in the comment section of this page. The images all have a number in the title (EXAMPLE… IF ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES IS THE IMAGE TITLED “Light Painting Photography Contest 01″ THEN YOU SHOULD PUT THE NUMBER 1 AS ONE OF YOUR CHOICES). Voters must include 3 UNIQUE choices for your votes to be counted. In other words no 1,1,1, or 5,5,5, or 7,7,7,…..The voting will end March 1st, 2020 at Midnight Eastern Standard Time, Enjoy.

This Light Painting Photography contest is sponsored by the coolest damn companies on the Planet COAST Flashlights, Neon Flexible, Rosco 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!

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How To Focus In The Dark, Light Painting Tutorial

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Light Painting How To Focus In The Dark.

In this light painting tutorial I answer one of the most common questions that I get about Light Painting and that is How To Focus In The Dark. These are the two techniques I use to focus when I am creating my light paintings and this is what works for me. Since posting this video I have learned two new things from the community that can make your focus even better. The first is that when you are shooting on a tripod you should turn off your image stabilization and the second is that if you are using a varifocal lens you will get sharper focus if you do not zoom all the way in, instead you simply frame your shot first and then use the focus assist to pull your focus. Apparently when using a varifocal lens the focus will change when you zoom out. I have used these two techniques for 20+ years with every camera and lens set up I have ever had and never had any trouble but maybe my expectation of sharp focus is different and now with these new tips it can be improved! Anyway hope the video and these tips help you to achieve focus in the dark! Enjoy.