Light Painting Photographer and urban explorer Troy Paiva has inspired numerous light painters and photographers around the globe and he is about to inspire a few more! Troy’s beautiful light painting work of abandoned locations was featured on the Flickr blog today, exposure that could get a few million people to see his work for the first time. Congratulations to Troy on the well deserved exposure! Check out Mr. Paiva’s Flickr Moment…
Massive Light Painting at Noche Blanca Oviedo 2013
This October light painters Frodo Kolo (Children of Darklight), Nacho García-Cosío (Fotografi.es), Iván Lucio and Javier Jiménez (Riders Of Light), Iván Barco (Herramientas LightPainting) and 17 volunteers collaborated to produce the above massive light painting piece at the Noche Blanca in Oviedo, Spain. Here is what Frodo a.k.a Children of Darklight had to say about this amazing light painting work!
“We made a 2 minute lightpainting photo of an old walk`s mosaic in a centric park of Oviedo. The photo was taken from 12 meters high by two camera operators, while 19 people where painting simultaneously with lights, well sincronized and organized. The photo was taken at F16 and ISO 100. Many streetlamps where turned off for the event. The kiosk workers also participated in the photo by turning on the lights just 3 seconds for its right exposition and then turned them off again. People worked very well from the beginning and we got the final shot at the third attempt.
We are proud of our sponsors Led Lenser and Herramientas Lightpainting, which provided us with the best torches and lightpainting tools, without their support this would have been much more difficult. It was a great experience and we are very happy with the final photo”
Making of Video:
Patrick Rochon Learnster Light Painting Workshop.
October 1st and 2nd Light Painting Photographer Patrick Rochon gave a free light painting workshop that was absolutely amazing, if you missed it that sucks for you but you do still have a chance.
Patrick is an awesome guy and incredible light painter who inspires so many of us. In the 2 day workshop Patrick shared many of tools, tips, and his own personal trade secrets that he has used to create mind blowing images over the last 20 years.
How To Light Paint With Machines
How to light paint with machines is a little video created by Bastien Sumi that may spark an idea or two, check it out. If you have any questions Bastein is happy to help hit him up at bastien.sumi [at] gmail.com
Lightmark, Light Painting in Greenland OmU
Check out this video of the blissful light painting duo of Cenci Goepel and Jens Warnecke better known as Lightmark on a light painting expedition to Greenland where they created the beautiful image below “No. 66”.
“Making of” from Lightmark No.66
For more information follow: www.lightmark.de
About Cenci Goepel and Jens Warnecke
A moon of light in the noon of night
“Lightmark,” the body of work by Cenci Goepel and Jens Warnecke, was created by photographing moving light sources at night. The resultant ethereal images inhabit a dramatic and often eerie landscape. Long exposures , up to an hour in length, are required to allow torchlight to take form and for the very low level of ambient light, usually from the moon, to illuminate the scenery. Seen through the viewfinder, the landscape often appears as solidly black. Using a digital medium format camera for their photography, Goepel and Warnecke focus on photographic techniques rather than post processing to achieve the results they are aiming for. The couple travels across the world to find hidden landscapes that are yet to be captured and portrayed as a light painting
Van Elder FIRE RAIN Light Painting Tutorial
Screw you steel wool your sooooo 2012.
Barry Elder of Van Elder Photography has taken inspiration from photographic superstar Von Wong and some technical know-how from Tamed Fire on YouTube to create his unique version of the Sparkle Poi. Barry used this new invention to create some fantastic light painting fire rain effects, best of all he created a very detailed text and video tutorial for the rest of us that don’t want to go through all that trouble of figuring things out on our own.
Below is the video tutorial but I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU CLICK HERE to read the full text of this fire rain light painting tutorial and safety information.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS ONE KIDS SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND DONT BURN YOURSELF OR YOUR HOUSE DOWN UNLESS THAT IS YOUR PLAN BECAUSE YOUR NEED THE INSURANCE MONEY.
Patrick Rochon The Light Painting KATA
Incredible new images and a beautiful explanation of his light painting work from Patrick Rochon. The Light Painting KATA.
Getting to the essence of what I do,
I now understand that light painting is above all, movement.
To me, it is a mix of dancing and martial arts.
Light moves everywhere all the time.
Our bodies are emitting light and expressing something subtle but important.
We must see it and understand it.
We must reveal it’s secrets and knowledge.
I believe it is a key connected to our consciousness.
The light painting KATA is the expression of the light we move and create everyday and the trace we leave behind.
-PATRICK ROCHON
From Wikipedia:
In Japanese language, kata (though written as 方) is a frequently-used suffix meaning “way of doing,” with emphasis on the form and order of the process.
Other meanings are “training method” and “formal exercise.”
The goal of a painter’s practicing, for example, is to merge his consciousness with his brush; the potter’s with his clay; the garden designer’s with the materials of the garden.
Once such mastery is achieved, the theory goes, the doing of a thing perfectly is as easy as thinking it.
Pershing Light Painting Yacht Art
Pershing Yachts a super luxury brand of Motor Yacht teamed up with the creative minds of LSD to create this epic light painting project. Check this out and be jealous…
JADIKAN Light Painting For SNAM 365
Light Painting Photographer Jadikan-LP has been hard at work on some really cool light painting projects recently. First of all he redesigned his website and updated it with all new photos, videos, and an animated 3D light painting gif which you should check out HERE.
Another really cool light painting project that he recently completed was SNAM 365. SNAM is an Italian natural gas company and they were looking to create a calendar “to communicate their new visual identity”. Each of the light paintings that Jadikan created depicts a different aspect of SNAM’s business model (TALENT, PEOPLE, TEAM BUILDING, SYSTEM, INTERNATIONALITY, AND VISION). All of the images were then edited together by LSD Studios to create a awesome foldable 50×150 metalic printed calendar.
Jadikan says “It was a very good experience and collaboration, I’m really happy with the result (even it can not be considered as a “pure” lightpainting – see the SOOC/Photoshop debate…)
BONUS: Here is a cool behind the scene video, with some rare shots of the very elusive and mysterious light painting genius JADIKAN at work.
SNAM 365 days of tomorrow (2mn50 – 2013) from jadikan LP on Vimeo.
Pete Eckert – Dancing on The Edge of Perception
Light Painting Photographer Pete Eckert was recently featured in The Avant/Garde Diaries. This is an awesome series of videos that you should check out HERE if you have never seen them before.
Pete Eckert – Dancing on The Edge of Perception from The Avant/Garde Diaries on Vimeo.
The blind photographer explains the improbability of his vocation and how the eye is not always the most important thing in taking a picture. More on theavantgardediaries.com
Produced, Filmed & Editing by Oddiseefilms / Associate Production by Julia Wilczok / Music by Bunnystripes
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