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Light Painting 101: On Camera Light Source Tutorial

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Light Painting Tutorial: Light Painting 101 from Light Painting Photography on Vimeo.


This is the first in the 3 part light painting video tutorial series, Light Painting 101. The Light Painting 101 series will cover the three basic light painting photography techniques: On Camera, Off Camera, and Kinetic Light Painting Photography. In this light painting tutorial you will learn what the 3 basic light painting techniques are and what you need to create a light painting photograph. In this particular video I will show you a little about the “On Camera” light painting technique by showing you how to paint an octopus that lives in the woods?

 

Gel Card Tip: A Stolen Idea

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Gel Holder

If your like most of us light painting photographers you’ve probably got a bunch of gels laying all over the place, when you go out to shoot you fumble around in the dark trying to find the green only to flash a shot of blue into your image, well this is another super simple light painting photography tip/tutorial that will solve your problems. I didn’t come up with this gel holder I totally stole the idea from seeing pictures of other peoples light painting photography tool kits I think it was either TCB’s or Trevor’s. Anyway thought I would share the tip I robbed, enjoy…CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL TUTORIAL

 

Light Painting Photography Tutorial: Custom White Balance

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In this light painting photography tutorial you will learn a little bit about white balance and how to set a custom white balance to created a colored effect for your light painting images so they can stay SOOC. Created by Jason D. Page.

 

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Understanding Color Temperature

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We all know how easy it is to tweak the hues of a photo in post production software like the dreaded photo@#!%, a word we do not speak here at light painting photography, but do you understand what the hell you are actually doing when you change the color? Well friends what you are doing is changing the temperature of the image. All light color is measured in degrees Kelvin, named after engineer and physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. We could get into his scientific theory but I would have to pretend to understand it which I don’t. Basically in the world of light painting photography all you need to know is that the lower the Kelvin temperature the “warmer” or more yellow the light appears and the higher Kelvin temperature the  “cooler” or more blue the light will appear. In the next post I’m going to get into white balance, why color temperature matters, and how to get some cool effects by tweaking the white balance of your camera in turn changing the color temperature of your image and keeping your light painting images SOOC (Straight out of Camera). Check the chart below.

The Lights We Use

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This is a new light painting video tutorial by Trevor Williams and Fiz-iks about the lights used to create their magic. I really like the way these light painting tutorials are put together, they are informative and entertaining at the same time. Trevor has a whole series of these videos planned so stay tuned for more as they become available! View the first video in the series HERE.

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Here is a brief run down of the type of lights we use for light painting. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments. Read about our gear on our homepage at http://www.fiz-iks.com/gear

Light Painting Stencil Tutorial by Fiz-iks

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Light stencils are an easy way to add in graphic elements to long exposure shots. Basically, this is fired in the frame while the shutter is open during a long exposure. The graphic remains while the person and box is completely invisible.

Watch the vid and make a box as directed. Using any illustration program print out your design onto fine grade paper which is slightly heavier than regular copy/printing paper. I print 2 and paste them together but make sure they are perfectly aligned by holding them up against a bright light source. I laminate mine so they can be reused as they often rip when removed or changed but this is not a necessary step.

I usually set the flash to 1/8 which works well with the settings I use on my camera for light @painting. You may need to adjust this and I suggest doing a test shot before your light work to check the exposure of the stencil. Happy shooting!

by Trevor Williams
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