In this Light Painting Photography Tutorial I show how to create Pyramids In The Sky using only the ambient light from the setting sun and camera movement. This is a different and unique way to photograph a sunset. The images you see in this video are not edited or layered they are created in real time and captured to the camera in a single exposure! By rotating the camera on a camera rotation tool along with the technique of lens capping these images are built in camera. This is a form of Kinetic Light Painting, in that the camera moving is what creates the design within the image instead of the lights moving. Technically the light from the sun is moving but we are just gonna call it Kinetic Light Painting. Pyramids in the Sky is just scratching the surface with what is possible with this form of Light Painting Photography, if you would like to learn more about this form of Kinetic Light Painting Photography and specifically Camera Rotation Photography please check out this tutorial here: https://lightpaintingphotography.com/light-painting-tutorials/camera-rotation-light-painting-tutorial/

Important tips/steps to keep in mind:
1. Looks for a high location with a clean horizon without any buildings or lights.
2. Wait for the sun to go down, that is when the best colors appear in the sky to photograph.
3. Find you center point then rotate your camera to about the 60º mark.
4. Start your exposure, remove your lens cap then quickly replace it.
5. Rotate your camera about 20º and repeat the process until you have rotated your camera about 120º
6. Stop your exposure and see the Pyramid you created!

In the article linked above there are some examples of Camera Rotation Tools but if you want to skip the read and just get to the point the 360 Degree Panoramic Gimbal Tripod Head is the best off the shelf solution for a camera rotation tool that I know of: https://amzn.to/3a7lxAK

You will also want a hot shoe phone holder to check your angle using a level app: https://amzn.to/3caTJOJ

This light painting video is going to be a new format for some of the Light Painting Tutorials on the YouTube channel that you will see on this channel going forward, filming them in this way will allow me to create a lot more work while also filming more light painting tutorials with this voice over format. If you have not subscribed yet what are you waiting for ya silly goose, all you have to do is CLICK HERE then click on the Red subscribe Button. I will still be making more of the traditional light painting tutorials and light painting volts but this is something new and I am really curious to know what you think of it so if you have read this far please leave a comment down below and let me know what you think of it!

We are going to be uploading a lot more content to the Light Painting Photography YouTube channel this year so if you are not Subscribed yet please head over to the YouTube channel and click that little red subscribe button. In this Light Painting Video I show how I created the above image titled “United We Stand” For this image I used tools from Light Painting Brushes and Flashlights from Light Excursion. The settings were ISO100, F8, and the total exposure time was 522 seconds. Enjoy.

Light Painting Photographer Russell Klimas has been pushing the limits of Drone Light Painting for a while now. He creates complex Light Painted shapes in the sky and even takes it a step further by using forced perspective, animating 3D light paintings and he has even created a light painted horse chasing the moon across the sky!

Last month Russell released an in depth Drone Light Painting Tutorial on his Youtube channel, and even though I am subscribed to his channel and have my notifications on (which you should be too) I still somehow missed it, but that’s besides the point… Thankfully I have finally seen this awesome tutorial and I wanted to share it with the Light Painting Photography Family! Check out the tutorial video below! Russell has also created a Facebook group that is dedicated to learning and sharing everything Drone Light Painting so if you want to learn more be sure to check that out here!

If you have not seen it here is the First Tutorial Russell refers to in the above video:

In this light painting photography tutorial I show how to light paint a shape I like to call the Faberge Orb! These light painted orbs are really easy to create all you need to do is turn in a circle while moving your arm in a back and forth motion. The resulting images from this simple Light Painting technique look more complicated than the technique itself leaving you with some really interesting images. The more random you make the movements the more interesting the orbs become. It you add in different colors and textures you can get some really cool looking Faberge Orbs! I used tools from Light Painting Brushes in this tutorial. Enjoy!

In this Light Painting Photography Tutorial I show you how to create a dramatic fiery effect using the Black Fiber Optic from Light Painting Brushes. Pairing this fiery effect with a cheap plastic skull can make for some pretty cool images especially with Halloween just around the corner! If you are checking out this video just before or after Halloween its a great time to head over to your local shop and pick up some Halloween decoration on sale, they make great props for Light Painting! Enjoy.

I am guessing that most of the regular readers of Light Painting Photography are already going to know most of the information contained in this video tutorial introducing the Light Painting Brushes Starter Kits but in case you are new to Light Painting or are unfamiliar with the Light Painting Brushes system here is a video that I recently uploaded showing how the Light Painting Tools in the Light Painting Brushes Starter Kits works and also showing some example images of the types of Light Paintings you can create using the tools in each of the kits. If you already know all the info in these videos maybe you will find some inspiration in the images! Enjoy.

In this episode of the ongoing series of Light Painting Photography Tutorials I show you How To Light Paint an Interstellar Traveler using Light Painting Tools from Light Painting Brushes. This light painting series is created to hopefully spark your imagination and get you thinking about different Light Painting Ideas. The possibilities and worlds that can be created with light through the art of Light Painting are truly endless and I really hope that this tutorial and some of the other videos on this channel help to inspire you and get your creativity flowing!

Here are links to the previous two light painting videos that I referenced in this tutorial:

Light Painting with a Kaleidoscope: https://youtu.be/BWN-T23oxco
Light Painting with Cotton: https://youtu.be/2u7xvuYXzto

The Light Painting Tools that I use in this video are from:
https://lightpaintingbrushes.com

In this Light Painting Photography Tutorial video I show you How To Light Paint a dreamy sailboat scene using a sheet, a paper cut out of a sailboat and light painting tools from Light Painting Brushes. This is an ongoing series that I hope will give you light painting ideas that you can try out on your own. There is a lot going on in the image so this is slightly more advanced Light Painting Tutorial but I hope that even if you are completely new to the world of Light Painting Photography you will be able to learn some tricks and tips along the way.