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Light Painting Contest Entries, April 2021

April 22, 2021 by Jason D. Page

Here are the entires for the April 2021 Light Painting Photography Contest! The theme of this contest was create a Light Painting using a bottle as your light painting tool! Please pick your TOP 3 favorite images and ONLY VOTE ONE TIME. Please pick the 3 different images you love based on the images alone and leave your selections in the comment section of this page. The images all have a number in the title (EXAMPLE… IF ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES IS THE IMAGE TITLED “Light Painting Contest 01″ THEN YOU SHOULD PUT THE NUMBER 01 AS ONE OF YOUR CHOICES). Voters must include 3 UNIQUE choices for your votes to be counted. In other words no 1,1,1, or 5,5,5,…..The voting will end 05/05/2021 at Midnight Eastern Standard Time, Enjoy.</p>

This Light Painting Photography contest is sponsored by the coolest companies on the Earth COAST Flashlights, Rosco and Light Painting Brushes ! Please support these awesome companies that support our light painting art from, without them this contest series would not be possible!

Light Painting – Game of Titans with Frodo Álvarez and Mario Lechu!

April 19, 2021 by Jason D. Page

Frodo Álvarez, a.k.a. Children of Darklight, is know for his MASSIVE light painting collaborations and this one is Epic! For this collaboration the team went up into the sky with a Drone Light Painting! I caught up with Frodo to ask about this incredible project and get a little more information! Check out the full interview, images and BTS video below!

Frodo congratulations on another Massive Light Painting Collaboration! This one is so cool, its such a fun concept and excellent execution! What was the massive light painting for, was it to promote a team or event?

I’ve already collaborated with this drones team in the past, so I had already dreamed on the posibility of a huge collaboration like this. But it was not until one of the agencies I usually work for had a project proposal, that we decided it was time to make some tests to see the potential or our idea and what we are capable of.

Who was involved in this project?

I worked together with the artists agency Creartys, the drones team UMILES Drone Light Show, and my good friend and also Light-Painter Mario Lechu.

What or Who sparked the inspiration for this Giant?

The project proposal for the agency involved a football championship, so here came the idea of the football player. I wanted to include the drone scene into a light painting scene in the ground, so it soon became a good idea to draw this football player about to kick the ball , and of course, the ball would be a light painted orb which we would light paint at ground level , with The Ball Of Light Tool. To complete the scene , we used 2 ledlenser MT18 filtered in green with Light Painting Paradise filters to light the ground.

What drone light painting projects have you worked on before?

In 2018 we were working in Las Vegas for Microsoft with our Live LightArt Show. Patry Diez my partner and I we are the performers there: light painting, modelling, acting.. Studio Lightpainting is in charge of the technical part, and Creartys was in charge of the production. We had there a scene were Patry acted as goddess of inspiration, and there was a star, dancing around her, and landing in her hand, which was done by a dron, whose pilot was Ernie from UMILES Drone Light Show. Here you can see a some footage of that scene:

In 2019 I also worked for UMILES Drone Light Show at the Iberian Drone League championship. At the end of the day, I was allowed to create this very special picture, with a drone doing 3 laps of the whole circuit:

Apart from this, I tried to light paint with a drone light show choreography made by my friends. Interesting results, but it just fed me with new ideas combining drone choreographies with light painting…

So it was about time, that this huge collaboration will arrive sooner or later, and we are all very happy with the results, and people’s feedback!

The lights on the drone have a Neon Light feel to them, what were they using for a light source?

They were using a 9W RGB LED board!

Was this Light Painting more or less difficult than you expected it to be?

Well, this is a team work, so the drone team worked on programming the drones for the design, and they did a really great job. By my side, the bigger challenges were that we didn’t have so much time to make rehearsals, because due to the pandemic situation, we must be at home at 11 pm… So we had to frame, set the camera to have a good exposure of the lights , compose with the orb in the right place, playing with the distance to camera to make it bigger or smaller,…
So I think it was complicated but we did a good planning and organisation of the tasks, but I know now we can do it much better. I think we all learned a lot from this experience, and next artworks will be even more impressive .

How many attempts did it take to get the final image?

We had time for just four attempts, but I would have loved to have another one.

The first image we shot with blue hour. The sky is great and it gives us a proper perspective and makes us realise the true dimensions of this Titan football player. But the orb was a little small, and there were some car light trails at the background.

So we tried to change the orb position, but it was too big, then we readjusted it in a new attempt with different orb colors but, something went wrong in my camera, so we needed a 4th attempt to get this image:

I was working with Olympus Cameras and live composite mode set at 2” , because I wanted to record the process, and that’s why the sky was so dark. I like this one very much, but it’s less epic than the first attempt with the blue sky…
So if I had had another attempt, I would have tried to have a better sky.

Other of that, I took a fast portrait to some of the members of the team, and I overlayed it in-camera with the first attempt image, as a souvenir!

You can see the behind the scenes process in this episode (with English Subtitles) at my light painting YouTube channel. Don’t hesitate to suscribe and support if you like it 😜 and follow us in IG @childrenofdarklight

The agency created a different video with English subs to show this project , you can watch it here:

Thanks a lot Jason for your support, for giving us voice to show and share this artwork to the community. We hope you all enjoyed it, and get inspired! We are light!

Thank you, and congratulations again!

First Attempt at Underwater Light Painting

April 14, 2021 by Jason D. Page

I recently received Denis Smith’s Liquid Light Tools and was excited to try them out. I called my friend Chris, who is an underwater photographer, to test them out. This was our first attempt, we didn’t really have any idea on what we wanted to create with them so we just jumped in the pool and starting waving them around in the water. We found that a half in/out shot gave us some cool abstract forms so we did a few of those, we also attempted to illuminate a palm frond but that didn’t really work out too well. The pool location was pretty limiting and we didn’t get the best results, but we did come up with a few good ideas for next time that will hopefully be in a much more interesting location. Also In the video I am switching out the tools I did not realize that you can actually use 2 pieces of plexiglass at the same time in the holder that Denis designed, because out of excitement and/or stupidity I skipped the tutorial video he sent along with the tools… Hopefully there will be more underwater Light Painting to come and next time the results will be much better.

Liquid Light Tools: https://www.denissmith.com.au/-liquid-light-tools

Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/jasondpage_lightpainter/
Follow Chris on IG: https://www.instagram.com/chrisleidyphotography/

Around The House With Jason Rinehart Episode 2

April 7, 2021 by Jason D. Page

Light Painting Photographer Jason Rinehart is known for creating extraordinary Light Paintings with everyday household items! In the second episode of his new Light Painting Video Tutorial series Jason shows how to create some colorful portraits using a Universal Connector from Light Painting Brushes and some everyday drinking straws! Check out the video and images below! Check out Episode 1 over on our YouTube Channel here!

Liquid Chalk Paint and Plexiglass Light Painting Tutorial

April 2, 2021 by Jason D. Page

In this Light Painting Photography Tutorial I show how to create some unique and vivid colors in your Light Painting Photography work by adding some Liquid chalk onto your Plexiglass! These Liquid Chalk markers can be a little bit messy but they go on and most importantly come off of your Plexiglass Light Painting Tools really easy! In this tutorial I used these Liquid Chalk Markers and Plexiglass tools from Light Painting Brushes! Check out the video and images below!

How To Light Paint a Dandelion

March 17, 2021 by Jason D. Page

In this Light Painting tutorial I show How To Light Paint a Dandelion using tools from Light Painting Brushes. The camera that I use is the Canon 6D Mark ii and the Rokinon 14MM Manual lens. The manual lens was important in creating this image because I changed the aperture during the exposure. The camera settings that I used were ISO100, F16 for the Flower portion of the image, then I changed the aperture to 2.8 to illuminate the scene and allow the background to expose. The total exposure time for this image was 440 seconds. It was all created in real time and captured to the camera in one single photographic frame. If you are new to Light Painting check out this detailed tutorial showing how to light paint a flower here: HOW TO LIGHT PAINT A FLOWER

Light Painting Photography Contest Winner – March 2021

March 5, 2021 by Jason D. Page

The winner for the Light Painting Photography Flower Themed Contest is… Ivan Lucio and Javier Jimenez a.k.a. Riders of Light for the wonderful image above. Ivan provided a great look at all the steps that it took to create this winning image, check out the write up below!

By Ivan Lucio: Until today we had not shown any photograph of the making of this work. I think it’s a good time to show the amount of time it takes to get to a result like this. We did this session with our friends Dario Cuesta and Miguel Gomez, the inspiration came from the spectacular location. It is a country house that although it was not in use, it was not abandoned, so we were lucky to get permission from the owner to go to take our photographs there. We wanted to create a light plant because the house reminded us of a mushroom and it seemed to us that it could integrate very well some type of light flower in front of this beautiful house. We only had to start designing our light plant, we did not have anything clear what its shape would be. We knew the colors we wanted to use, green to match the mushroom house and a pink to give it a good contrast, so it was time to start to practice the branches and see how the light strokes worked. Here are a few of our first practice shots.

We decided to combine 2 different flashlight modes that we thought could be make the image much better. We used a continuous light and strobe light, the flashlight used was the Klarus RS11, it has these 2 modes with separate buttons. The tools to paint the plant were 2 plexiglass rod with its adapter and some round methacrylate filters.

The camera we used was an Olympus OMD EM1 Mark II, with a 7mm wide-angle lens, all the tests were done with a very short exposure time so as not to waste a lot of time since it was very cold, as you can see the sky is totally dark in these first tests for that reason.

You can see photo after photo we tried to improve the type of trace, we were discarding some things and adding others. Seeing that we were already liking how the plant was looking we began to test the lighting of the house little by little. We keep trying new ways!

We decided to include in the ground some points of light in the shape of a triangle, when we tried and we liked it a lot. We made these points of light with some boxes of colored LEDs that we placed well placed on the ground. Below is a photograph of this tool that we use a lot when we need fixed continuous light. At this point in the tests, perhaps 2 hours had passed, many times people do not know the work behind creating a single image! Remember that it was also very cold and there were more and more tests that we did that you don’t see here. We also tried to see if we could include some sparkles but we didn’t like it so we discarded that idea.

While we were testing the exposure for the sky we found an incredible surprise that we had not planned! The polar star was just above the house!!! WOW! We found that we could have a beautiful photograph with a star trail around the house, we had not planned this and but we could not let the idea escape! This was the last test before launching into the final photograph, as you can see, all the lines are already in order and the mushroom house masterfully illuminated by Dario, with the Fenix FD41 flashlight. At this point, it was time to configure the camera, the settings that we used were:
Live Composite Mode
F 5,6
ISO 500
Exposure Time 60”

To draw with light, after creating the plant and giving light to the house we let the live composite mode work, that is, it creates many photos of 60 “each, I think I remember that the final time of the photograph was about 30 minutes.

We hope you liked this work and that it inspires you to create your light plants, which do not have to be so complex, you can do very beautiful things like these others

You can follow us on these pages and social networks: IG @riders_of_Light web : Ridersoflight.com IG @ivan_lucio_Light_Painting web: Ivanlucio.es

For this winning image The Riders of Light will receive a prize package filled with light painting tools and treasures from our sponsors COAST Flashlights, Rosco and Light Painting Brushes ! Please support these awesome companies that support our light painting art from, without them this contest series would not be possible! If you would like to enter the next Light Painting Photography contest click here for all the details.

Light Painting Contest Entries, February 2021

February 22, 2021 by Jason D. Page

Here are the entires for the February 2021 Light Painting Photography Contest! The theme of this contest was “Flower Of Light” That means contestants needed to create a flower completely out of light! Please pick your TOP 3 favorite images and ONLY VOTE ONE TIME. Please pick the 3 different images you love based on the images alone and leave your selections in the comment section of this page. The images all have a number in the title (EXAMPLE… IF ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES IS THE IMAGE TITLED “Light Painting Contest 01″ THEN YOU SHOULD PUT THE NUMBER 01 AS ONE OF YOUR CHOICES). Voters must include 3 UNIQUE choices for your votes to be counted. In other words no 1,1,1, or 5,5,5, or 7,7,7,…..The voting will end 02/28/2021 at Midnight Eastern Standard Time, Enjoy.

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This Light Painting Photography contest is sponsored by the coolest companies on the Earth COAST Flashlights, Neon Flexible, Rosco and Light Painting Brushes ! Please support these awesome companies that support our light painting art from, without them this contest series would not be possible!

Camera Rotation Photography Tutorial

February 16, 2021 by Jason D. Page

In this tutorial video I talk all about Camera Rotation Photography. Camera Rotation is a form of Kinetic Light Painting in that the lights in the scene stay stationary and the camera is what moves to create the color and design within the frame. The Camera Rotation Tool that I use in this video is a 360º Panoramic Tripod Gimbal and it is as simple as it gets when it comes to a CRT. As with all light painting the possibilities are limitless, I hope you enjoy the video.

Here are the links to what I used if you want to build your own Camera Rotation Tool:
Gimbal: https://amzn.to/2LZFTnO
Hot Shoe Phone Holder: https://amzn.to/3u3Axsz
Tripod: https://amzn.to/37iDzj4

Want to learn more about Camera Rotation Photography check out this tutorial from some of the best and also this great Facebook Group on Camera Rotation Photography!

Rotating Sunset to Create Pyramids In The Sky

February 5, 2021 by Jason D. Page

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

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