Jason D. Page | Light Painting Photography

Light Painting at Duke University Day 3 VLOG 51

April 12, 2023 by Jason D. Page

This Light Painting VLOG documents the first Light Painting workshop held at Duke University. In this episode we explore Duke University during the day and then we Light Paint at night!

Flickering Light Ghost Video: https://youtu.be/zKKbqF2Bhxc

For the full History of Light Painting Presentation that I did check out this video here: https://youtu.be/wXezVT4GJBE

A very special THANK YOU goes out to Duke University and August Burns who put an extraordinary amount of work into making this workshop happen!

Light Painting is the compression of Time, Space and Movement of Light onto one single photographic frame, LIGHT PAINTING IS MAGIC! All of my Light Paintings are created in real time captured to the camera in one single photographic frame.

The Tools that we use are from: https://lightpaintingbrushes.com

Light Painting Workshop at Duke University Day 2 VLOG 50

April 12, 2023 by Jason D. Page

This Light Painting VLOG documents the first Light Painting workshop held at Duke University. In this episode for day 2 we give a Light Painting Presentation and workshop for the students and faculty at Duke. For the full History of Light Painting Presentation that I did check out this video here: Light Painting History

A very special THANK YOU goes out to Duke University and August Burns who put an extraordinary amount of work into making this workshop happen!

The Tools that we use are from: https://lightpaintingbrushes.com

Light Painting History Presentation at Duke University By Jason D. Page

March 13, 2023 by Jason D. Page

This is a presentation from the first Light Painting Workshop at Duke University. This presentation talks about what I believe Light Painting is and gives a very brief history of the Light Painting Art Form.

Light Painting can be defined as the manual movement of light in a three dimensional space, over time, during a long exposure photograph.

LIGHT PAINTING IS ITS OWN ART FORM.

I often hear Light Painting called a “Photographic Technique”. I believe that Light Painting is it’s own art form. The camera is simply the instrument that records the Light Painting art form, just as a canvas captures the brushstrokes of a traditional painter with oils or acrylics. The movement of light, through space and over time is the Light Painting art form. The camera is simply the instrument that the Light Painter uses to record the Light Painting art form! Calling Light Painting a Photographic Technique would be similar to calling painting, a canvas technique.

Light Painting breaks down to 3 basic categories:
1. Light Drawing (Light source is seen by camera)
2. Light Painting (Illuminating the scene with handheld lights, light source not seen)
3. Kinetic Light Painting (Moving the camera during the exposure)
The common denominator in these techniques is that the artist is using the “photographic technique” of long exposure photography to record the Light Painting art form.

Light Painting VLOG 49 – Workshop at Duke University Day 1

March 13, 2023 by Jason D. Page

This Light Painting VLOG documents the first Light Painting workshop held at Duke University. In this episode I travel from my aunt and uncles house in North Carolina to Duke university to meet up with my fellow Light Painters. We take a tour of The Chapel and see some of the areas that not many guest get to see. We Light Painted in the chapel for a short amount of time with Angelina voices filling the air. I did a really bad job vlogging because I was in awe of just about everything from the architecture to the next generation 3d tech enology.

A very special THANK YOU goes out to Duke University and August Burns who put an extraordinary amount of work into making this workshop happen!

The Tools that we use are from: https://lightpaintingbrushes.com

You can follow me at:
https://Instagram.com/jasondpage_lightpainter
https://Facebook.com/jasondpage
https://Twitter.com/LightPainterJDP

Collect my digital Light Paintings at:
https://LightPainting.ThetaDrop.com

Light Painting Vlog 48, Arkansas with Johnny Griffin.

March 13, 2023 by Jason D. Page

In this episode of the Light Painting Photography VLOG I travel to Arkansas to meet up with fellow Light Painter and Light Painting Tool Wizard Johnny Griffin. Johnny shows me a few of his favorite Light Painting Locations and we settle on shooting at Natural Dam for some Light Writing and reflections!

Follow Johnny at: https://Instagram.com/johnnygriffin_imagenation

The Tools that we use are from: https://lightpaintingbrushes.com

You can follow me at:
https://Instagram.com/jasondpage_lightpainter
https://Facebook.com/jasondpage
https://Twitter.com/LightPainterJDP

Collect my digital Light Paintings at:
https://LightPainting.ThetaDrop.com

Unique Steel Wool Fire Photography Technique, Light Painting VLOG 47 with Johnny Griffin!

March 8, 2023 by Jason D. Page

In this episode of the Light Painting Photography VLOG I travel to Arkansas to meet up with fellow Light Painter and Light Painting Tool Wizard Johnny Griffin. I convince Johnny to share his very unique Steel Wool Fire Light Painting Photography Technique that he shared with me several years ago. This is a Steel Wool Photography technique that has never been shared with the world before and the images we create in this video just scratch the surface of what’s possible with Steel Wool Photography. DISCLAIMER: WE DO NOT RECOMMEND TRYING THIS AT HOME. If you ignore this warning make sure to take proper safety precautions. Light Painting is the compression of Time, Space and Movement of Light onto one single photographic frame, LIGHT PAINTING IS MAGIC!

Follow Johnny at:
https://instagram.com/johnnygriffin_imagenation

The Tools that we use are from:
https://lightpaintingbrushes.com

You can follow me at:
https://instagram.com/jasondpage_lightpainter
https://Facebook.com/jasondpage
https://Twitter.com/LightPainterJDP

Collect my digital Light Paintings at:
https://LightPainting.ThetaDrop.com

Light Painting VLOG Episode 46 – Foss State Park in Oklahoma

November 28, 2022 by Jason D. Page

In this episode of the Light Painting Photography VLOG I travel through some really cool locations in Texas (that I want to go back and create at) before I finally find myself at Ross State Park in Oklahoma. I did not intend to Light Paint when I got to the park because I was in a rush and on very little sleep but because I am Addicted to Light I had to shoot for at least a little while when I find an inspiring spot near the lake. I discovered a few new Light Painting techniques that I had not tried before and created what I think are some pretty cool images.

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

You can follow me at:
https://Instagram.com/jasondpage_lightpainter
https://Facebook.com/jasondpage
https://Twitter.com/LightPainterJDP

Collect my digital Light Paintings at:
https://LightPainting.ThetaDrop.com

#lightpainting #lightpaintingphotography #lightart

Bryce Canyon Night Photography – Light Painting Vlog 45

November 27, 2022 by Jason D. Page

Bryce Canyon Night Photography – Light Painting Vlog 45

Light Painting by Jason D. Page

In this episode of the Light Painting Photography Vlog I explore more of Bryce Canyon specifically the Wall Street Trail at Sunrise Point. This was my favorite area of the park that I got to see, especially during the day.the views in this location were absolutely epic! When the sun went down if was a magical night of Light Painting with a full moon rising. There is a spiritual quality to the canyon, especially at night when there is no-one else around. I felt like I was there with the spirits of the people that called this place home many years ago. The silence and the stillness of the night air down in the canyon is an experience I will forever be grateful that I was able to experience. There are so many different places in the canyon to do some creative night photography. You could stay there for weeks creating new images every night! If you have the opportunity to go to Bryce I highly recommend going on this trail, it is special.

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

#brycecanyon #creativephotography #nightphotography #lightpainting

Stranger Danger – Light Painting Vlog 44

October 19, 2022 by Jason D. Page

In this episode of the Light Painting Photography I get more freaked out that I have been in a very long time out in the woods at night when I see a stranger watching me from the shadows.

Here is what happened. As I was creating my Light Paintings I got the feeling that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. I felt like someone or something was watching me in the dark. I stopped Light Painting and began to scan the area when I spotted a dark figure sitting on a rock watching me about 20 feet from where I had placed my Photography Gear. I was only able to see a silhouette of a figure because even though there was some moonlight in the sky, down in the canyon it was very dark. This dark figure sat there watching me Light Painting for about 30-40 minutes before I decided to walk over to see what was going on. I was in the middle of nowhere, as I often am, and there was only one way out of this location. I walked over and said hello, the man said hello back but it was not your normal conversation and it made me even more uncomfortable. I explained what I was doing and was hoping he would leave after that so I could get back to Light Painting. The man didn’t leave. He just kept sitting there watching me.

I have run into people in the woods at night before and the interactions were much different. I am someone that always looks for the positive and believes that most people are good but this interaction gave me a bad feeling and it all just felt odd. I stayed on the opposite side of the stream and tried to Light Paint a few more images but I could not get the thought of this guy sneaking up on me and cracking me over the head, or him stealing my gear that he wasn’t sitting far from, out of my mind. I decided I needed to pack up all my gear and leave. The problem was there was only one way out of this location and that was to walk directly by this random man who was sitting there in the dark.

I packed up all my gear and headed toward him. I decided when I walked up to him I would shine a bright light in his face to disorient him, JUST IN CASE… I shinned the light and when I did he tried to scoot back on the rock and fell over onto the trail. I am pretty sure he was just drunk, high or both. I asked him if he was alright, he said yes he was fine. I wished him a good night and hiked back to my car, looking over my shoulder the whole time to make sure he wasn’t following behind me.

The bottom line is that more than likely from this man’s view he was out there in the woods to drink, relax and “collect negative ions” as he said to me. He is probably a good dude that, like me, loves to be out in nature. HOWEVER from my perspective I was feeling like he had bad intentions because of the odd interaction and the fact that his behavior didn’t match what I would have expected. Also that he watched me in the dark for well over an hour. The bottom line is that I made it out of there safe and sound. I don’t know if this guy was a serial killer looking for his next victim of if he was tripping out of his mind, if he was tripping he probably thinks that he met an alien.

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

Light Painting in Bryce Canyon – Light Painting VLOG 43

October 18, 2022 by Jason D. Page

In this episode of the Light Painting Photography Vlog I leave Red Canyon and enter Bryce Canyon to camp and explore the park! I explore many of the trails in Bryce Canyon and settle on Rainbow Trail for my main location for the night. At the Rainbow Point Trail I find a chopped down tree on the edge of the canyon with Epic Views! I fall in love with this location and spend most of my night creating my Light Painting Photography there. I also went to create at a few other location in the park on the same night staying up creating until the early morning hours. There are so many incredible locations for Photography inside of Bryce Canyon, I could have been there exploring and creating for at least a month.