And the winner for the Eric Paré and Kim Henry style TUBE Light Painting Contest is Brian Rodriguez for this simply beautiful image that he created in the Valley of Fire just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada! Here is how Brian created his winning light painting!

“So for this shoot, the model and I drove 1 hour outside of Las Vegas to Valley of Fire. It was our first time working together and I had plenty of time during the drive to let her know what we wete going for. Despite getting there after sunset (women and their makeup/hairdos) and exploring in the dark while having bats fly in and out of our nearby view, we found a promising spot that combined the moon. Our first angle was not the one you see in the picture, it was more from a sideways view. The exposure didn’t take many tries to achieve correctly, the challenge was the fact that we were on an incline (at this time we also had clear skies).

I kept coming out accidentally in some pictures, or my model kept losing balance one way or another due to the slope of the hill. Not only that, but I had to squat down behind her as I raised my arm high enough due the light circle which, I learned, is quite challenging and uncomfortable also due to the slope. As the night progressed, we changed angles to the one you see from my entry.

The funny thing about our winning shot was that it was very improvised. We saw a storm approaching, with lightning visible a few miles away and I told my model “lets get a handful of good shots in before this storm kicks us out” (mind you, a storm in Valley of Fire can easily cause a mud slide). Clouds started soaring in. Because our backs were towards the sky, the moon and the clouds, we did not know we had such explosive clouds above us as we took this picture. After we took the shots, we picked everything up and rushed to my car before we could get stranded by the storm. I proceeded to speed out. It wasn’t until 1 hour later where I reviewed the pictures and saw this shot was gold!”

Equipment used:
Basic tripod
600 lumens zoomable flashlight inside a T12 tube with parchment paper.
Canon 80D
14mm f2.8 Rokinon lens

Settings:
F 8.0
3.2 secs
ISO 1000

Check out more of Brian’s beautiful light painting work on his Instagram account HERE! For this winning image Brian will receive a pize package filled with illuminating tools from our sponsors below. For your chance to win click here to see the next Light Painting Contest Theme and how to enter. 

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The winner for the June 2017 Light Painting Photography Contest themed “Light Drawing” is… Mario Lechu, a.k.a. (Le2) for the above image with incredibly placed light drawings entitled CATS. Here is how Mario created his winning image.

The settings for this shot were:
ISO100
18mm
f9
360 second exposure

Gear Used:
Canon Eos 1000d (Eos Rebel XS in USA and Canada)
Remote shutter and tripod

Post Production:
2:1 panoramic crop

“One really warm night, in the middle of a heat wave we had some weeks ago in Spain, I decided to go to the rooftop of the building where I live to light paint something.

The rooftop is a cool place because I am alone, nobody disturbs me and I can do whatever I want without problems. I love painting with people but this time, I worked alone. After thinking for a bit what I could light paint, I decided to draw some cats. Why cats? Because, in my opinion, they can be well combined with the background of the city where all the lights are shinning and, also, they are easy to draw. I’m not very good at freehand drawing and this is why I decided to draw simple animals, sitting down, walking, etc…

I began to practice how draw them in different positions. I thought about using different colour for each cat too. After practicing for a bit I took some test shots to calculate the proper exposure time. When it was calculated, I pressed the remote shutter to start the shot. The total exposure time for the final image was 6 minutes. After 3 attempts I had the picture I wanted. The shot finished and all cats were where I wanted them to be, the light was good enough and it was not too overexposed.

I smiled a lot when I looked at the camera display. I enjoyed drawing them, for me it’s all about having fun when I light paint. The cats also fit very well with the rest of the picture and I loved it at first sight.

The tool I used to draw them is the freehand rgb pen from Herramientas Light Painting. It is a really useful tool which allows you to quickly change between colours. It is not too big so you can use it very easily.

Remember! Let’s have fun when light painting and meooow!!!!”

Check out more of Mario’s Light Painting work here:
My website: www.le2.es
Facebook: www.facebook.com/le2photo

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