For the promotion and progression of Light Painting Art and Artist.
Light Painting Artist Eric Paré is launching a new video series called Tube Stories! The series will document Eric and Kim Henry’s “Light Painting Lifestyle” as they travel around the globe creating awe inspiring light paintings. Here is the intro make sure to subscribe to Eric’s channel for fresh content coming soon.
And the winner for the February 2017 Light Painting Photography Contest themed “Spirograph” is… Chris Bauer for his incredible image above titled “GATEWAY TO THE IMAGINATION”. Normally I would say for this awesome winning image Chris will receive a prize pack filled with treasures from our sponsors listed below, but this time its a little bit different. Chris has decided to gift his prize package to the Del Mar High School Photography Program to help spread his passion for Light Painting Photography! 🙂 Thank you Chris I am sure the kids will all slap you high-fives for your awesome gesture!
Here is how Chris created his winning image!
Single exposure light painting made with two lenses.
Gear Used: Nikon D7000 with Nikon 32mm & 200mm lenses.
Settings: f/8, ISO 100, 405 seconds.
First I set up the second half of the exposure using a 200mm lens with a Pringles can attached to it. I set a plasma ball on it’s side and centered it in the middle of the tube then focused the shot. Take a couple practice shots so you already know how much you want to expose the plasma ball later. 12 seconds is what I had decided on. Remove the lens carefully not to disturb the focus and remove the camera but leave the tripod.
Next I prepare the first part of the exposure using a 32mm lens. Set up a physiogram and aim the camera straight up so the light is in the center of the lens. Next I use a sheet of class and position it above the camera and apply water drops . Next focus on the water drops and not the light on the phsyiogram. Now everything is set and in place. Turn out the lights.
With a pink light writer and the flashlight blinking, I spin the phsyio in an oval shape until the rotation slows down the cover the lens. Switch to the blue light writer and spin another oval phsyio in the opposite direction and then cover again. Last spin is done with the white light writer in a big circle. When the white light is complete I cover the lens and shut the flashlight off.
Remove the 32mm lens while the camera is still shooting and carefully replace it with the 200mm and Pringles can. Attach to the tripod and plug in the plasma, count 12 seconds, then close the shutter.
Check out more from Chris at http://www.thefloweroflight.com
Click here to see the current contest theme and find out how to enter to win your LPP prize pack!
Click here to see the current contest theme and find out how to enter to win your LPP prize pack!
Here are the entries for the February 2017 Light Painting Photography Spirograph 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 08 February 2017″ THEN YOU SHOULD PUT THE NUMBER 8 AS ONE OF YOUR CHOICES). Please remember that the theme of this contest was Spirograph a.k.a. Physiogram! 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, thank you and enjoy. Voting ENDS February 28th.
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Camera Rotation is a form of Kinetic Light Painting Photography where the lights in the scene generally stay stationary and the camera itself is moved to create the design in the final image. Using Camera Rotation you can take a common scene, ↑like the corner liquor store above ↑, and turn it into something extraordinary. If you are not familiar with Camera Rotation Photography there is a detailed tutorial HERE that will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the subject!
Camera Rotations are generally created using either a custom made CRT (Camera Rotation Tool) or a bulky Tripod Gimbal. Recently over in the Camera Rotation & Kinetic Photography Facebook group Light Painting Artist Juls Boo shared an idea for an interesting off the shelf solution, the full description of how to build it is pinned to the top of the FB group. His solution basically consist of a couple of L-Brackets and an indexing Rotator that is “normally” used for shooting Panoramics. The best part about using the Indexing Rotator is that the angles are already marked for you eliminating the need for a digital level. Below are a few shots of the set up and examples of images created with the rig, as you can see it breaks down really compact to fit in your bag.
This is what it looks like mounted to a tripod.
Here are some examples of images Juls has created using this rig.
The post Juls made sparked others to share their ideas too. There are a bunch of great ideas and solutions that you should check out but one in particular that seemed super simple was what Dan Chick came up with. Dan’s version is basically one Gemtune DH-55 Panoramic Ball Head with Indexing Rotator, With Quick Release Plate & Clamp and two Fotga Universal Quick Release Plate L Brackets. Why two brackets you might ask, well the answer to that is to help center the weight of the camera over the tripod. Here are some images of the rig and below is a video that Dan made to show how it all works together!
Here are a few examples of images Dan has created with his rig:
Now go get this stuff and build yourself a rotation rig!
Light Painting is GROWING! Just launched last friday is more proof of this with the first ever magazine dedicated to the Light Painting Photography Art Form! Light Art Digital Magazine was created by Sasa Lightpainting and Ramsés Pacheco Light Painter, these guys did a tremendous job on this very first issue! The magazine will be published quarterly and sets out to “be a meeting point, a showcase, a reference and a opportunity of artistic diffusion for light painters around the world”. We are all looking forward to the future of this publication! Please head over to their website where you can download the magazine for FREE in both English and Spanish!
On March 3rd-4th 2017, the Light Painting World Alliance will be hosting a Light Painting Photography Meet Up in the Italian capital city of Rome! Because the group will be meeting in historical locations, it will be required that all event participants are registered in advance so if you are interested in attending please make sure to head over to the LPWA Event page HERE to get the details on how to sign up ASAP.
LPWA Meet ups are great events where you can collaborate and learn from other light painting artist. Past LPWA events have been very successful and given birth to some massive collaborations like the images below so make sure to sign up early:
Check out this cool short film from CNN’s Great Big Story on Light Painting Photographer Hannu Huhtamo The Great Big Story crew follow Hannu as he creates his work during the long Polar Nights in Finland. Congratulations Hannu, for more check out Hannu’s website here!
For the first time a Light Painter has won F-Stoppers Photographer of The Year! Light Painting Photographer Eric Paré has quickly risen to become one of Light Paintings most well know names. Eric travels around the globe creating light paintings of exquisite beauty with the lovely Kim Henry at his side. With a unique style that is instantly recognizable as his own and a willingness to share his light painting techniques Eric has steadily built a community around his light painting work and the community has rewarded him by voting Eric into the top spot as F-Stoppers Photographer of The Year! Eric’s talent is only matched by his dedication and work ethic, so on behalf of the LPP Community CONGRATULATIONS on a well deserved win Eric! Check out the F-Stoppers article HERE.
Check out more of Eric’s work on his Instagram Page, Website and his Facebook group, where Eric hosts an incredible group that shares everything you could ever want to know about his unique style of Light Painting!
And the winner for the December 2016 Light Painting Photography Contest themed “Light Man” is… The incredibly talented group of 4 Light Painting Artist; Luis Kuziw, Leonardo López, Pablo Mielniczuk, and Pablo Piloni who collectively go by the name Elemental Light!
Elemental Light said this about the development of the winning image:
The development of this photograph came up from a phrase: “Even if we are opposites it doesn’t mean that we can‘t complement each other.”
From this idea, we thought different possibilities to show this complement using the light and the technics that we already knew from light painting.
Our first idea included three light man and three mandalas/flowers, which two of those united. From this idea, made a sketch to agree with the photograph.
We went out shooting one night, with the help of 3 models, in an abandoned place. After several attempts we got the photo.
But when we returned home and saw it on the computer screen we realized that the result did not quite convinced us, so then we decided to change the type of scenario by one that refers more to nature and eliminate the lonely light man.
It took us several tries but we got the photo we wanted.
To perform the flower/mandala form, we developed an tool made out of bicycle parts, which we called “Mandala Maker”
By placing lights on it, we can generate different patterns.
The Mandala Maker has already given us some good results in other works too.
With the help of two models that posed steady, we drew their shape using the “Freehand RGB Pencil” from “Herramientas lightpainting”, in a line that would end in the location of the led light of its corresponding color in the mandala maker.
With a remote control we change the Freehand color and draw the other light man, we used complementary colors to express the idea.
Then we spin the Mandala Maker to form the flower/mandala shape … Once this was done, we removed the mandala maker and the models to illuminate the background.
Exif data: f/7.1 – 559s – ISO 100
To see more incredible work like this from Elemental Light check out their Facebook Page HERE and Instagram Page HERE!
For this inspiring work Elemental Light will receive a LPP prize pack filled with treasures from our sponsors below. Click here to see the current contest theme and find out how to enter to win your LPP prize pack!
Click here to see the current contest theme and find out how to enter to win your LPP prize pack!
As we role into 2017 our Light Painting Art Form is growing faster than ever before. The opportunities that are available to artist across the world have never been greater. One organization that stands on the forefront of creating opportunities for Light Painting Artist is the Light Painting World Alliance! Since 2010 LPWA has worked to build the light painting community by collecting artist profiles, connecting artist, hosting exhibitions, live shows, historical lectures, photo booths, and massive collaborations.
Just a few years ago events specifically for Light Painting were unheard of but thanks to the hard work and dedication of people like Sergey Churkin, the Light Painting World Alliance Advisory Board and its local representatives the opportunities are growing each year! The LPWA is free to join and its free to participate in the numerous opportunities that LPWA offers. I think one of the events that really exemplify the true spirit of the LPWA organization and the Light Painting Art Form is the massive collaborations so I wanted to share some of those…
A little history on the Massive collaborations. The first collaboration was directed by Jadikan at the 2nd LPWA worldwide exhibition in Paris (2013), when 20 artists all together created a Light Painting animation on Place Concorde. This began a ongoing theme of creating these monumental collaborations at different events the LPWA organized. In 2014 at the 1st LighArt Congress organized by Alfredo Alvarez and the LPWA in Oviedo Spain 34 artists created the IYOL 2015 logo under the direction of Alfredo Alvarez, Ivan Barco and Riders of Light.
2015 was the UNESCO International Year of Light and Light Based Technologies and LPWA was an official collaborating partner. There were 2 LPWA massive collaborations in 2015 the first was in Paris, on Tokyo Palace, and then in Dorum (Germany) a.k.a the LightHouse Meet-up, where 24 artists collaborated and light painted the IYoL 2015 logo over Nord Sea (location supervisor Joerg Miedza).
Most recently The Light Painting World Alliance organized a Massive Collaboration under the direction of LPWA China Representative Roy Wang. Roy worked for two years, connecting the people of China and the light painting art form. Roy’s great efforts gave the LPWA the unique possibility to manage the LPWA Longhushan 2016 Special Event, the 1st International LPWA exhibition in China!
Sergey of LPWA said “We were so lucky to visited that unique place! Longhushan is wonderful enclave declared Global Geopark by UNESCO, the birthplace of Taoism and modern resort area, legendary Tiger & Dragon Mountains.”
The LPWA event in Longhushan consisted of an International Light Painting Exhibition, A Massive LP Collaborations and a Light Painting Animation Project. The artist that participated were from all over the globe and they included The Lichtfaktor Team, Children Of Darklight Team and solo artists Darren Pearson, Mass and Diliz. Roy and Sergey completed this collective with all of their creative and organization skills.
The “Big Image” organization team consisted of Frodo Alvarez DKL, Edu Cajigal, Ivan Lucio, Sfhir, Nacho Cosio and Ramon Aser.
The most recent meet up brought a team of International Light Painting Artist to Hobgoblins Playground in the Nevada Desert. The participants included Sergey & Natalia Churkin (Russia), Dan Whitaker (UK), Derek Lawrence (Canada), Roy Wang (China), Alfredo Alvarez, Sfhir, Fernando Heras Castan – all from Spain, David Hull, Christina Vasquez, Andrius Sprindys, Todd Blaisdell, Chris Bauer, Kristen Schlecht, Bill Burk, Heather Marie, Marisa Bisping + Nathan, Brooke LaBrie, Matthew Scherfenberg – all from USA, and Ivan Fodor (Slovakia).
The team had two shots in mind that they wanted to accomplish the first was “Light River”. The idea of Light River was to illustrate the importance of water in a human’s life. Water, flowing through the empty and desiccated canyon – as symbol of all water reservoirs on the Earth. This beautiful image was created over the course of 3 hours and took 5 attempts to get!
The other collaboration image was called the Old Spanish Trail project. The Old Spanish National Historic Trail links Santa Fe and Los Angeles across six states and 2,700 miles. It traverses red rock mesas, passes below snow-capped peaks, and fords untamed rivers, avoiding the immense depths of the Grand Canyon and skirting the continent’s harshest deserts. Millions of people followed this trail since early 1600s in hope of a better future. To tribute this living road, created an epic light painting image, which is called “People Bring Their Light to California” – or shorter “Bringing Light to LA”.
These collaborations are just a small part of the opportunities that the Light Painting World Alliance offers to all light painters around the world! If you are not a part of the LPWA you can head over to their website HERE, sign up for free and start participating in some of these incredible opportunities!