For the promotion and progression of Light Painting Art and Artist.
Recently Photographer Erik Christian shared these really cool Light Painting Portraits that he created for the Varsity 845 All-Star Basketball teams. To create these images Erik used a mix of constant light covered with colored gels matching the team’s colors and the pop of a couple of off camera strobes to freeze the motion of the athletes. Check out the images and the behind the scenes video below showing just how these perfectly executed Light Painting Portraits were created.
Its time to get your creative juices flowing, on April 15 the submission process for the greatest Light Painting Competition in the world begins! April 15, The International Light Painting Awards created by Jan Leonardo will start taking submissions for your chance to win some incredible prizes worth over 10,000 Euros! Some of the prizes include a Sony A7R II + Lens, a Carl Zeiss Milvus Lens, a LedLenser Light Kit, Hahnemuehle Fine Art Inkjet Paper Set, Light Painting Brushes & Coast Light Painting Kit, Manfrotto Carbon Fiber Tripod and Head, and Lucoit Filter Set.
Judging by all of last years winners, to win these prizes you are going to have to create your best work.
Here is this years Jury that consist of some of the best Light Painters on the planet and Photography Industry heavyweights.
Artist Jury
– Eric Paré – LP Artist/ Canada,
– Xiao Yang – LP Artist/ China
– Mart Barras – LP Artist/ UK
– Palateth – LP Artist/ Belgium
– Gus Mercerat – LP Artist/ Peru-Germany
– Jeswin Rebello – LP Artist/ India
– Ivan & Javier – Rider of Light / LP Artist/ Spain
– JanLeonardo – Promoter of the ILP Award/ Germany.
Grand Jury
– Jörg Schmale – photokina Project Manager/ Germany
– Christian Schulte – Marketing Director LedLenser/ Germany
– Martin Breutmann – Publisher Foto Forum/ Germany
– Lichtfaktor – LP Stop Motion Masterminds/ Germany
– Julien Breton – Light Calligraphy Master/ France
– Eric Staller – Father of modern Light Painting/ USA
– Tokihiro Sato – Japans Famous Photographer/ Japan
– Lightmark – World LP Nature Photographers/ Germany
– Rainer Opolka – Father of Led Lenser Torches/ Germany
Make sure to head over to LP-AWARD.com for all the info beginning April 15th!
Eric Paré has just released another awesome light painting video project called KHAOS LP. This short video was all lit by hand in one night using a single flashlight and a 4×6 plexi blade. Prepare your eyes for 30 seconds of Light Painting KHAOS… For the full story check out Eric’s Site HERE
Eric says” We’re proud to release today KHAOS LP (the light-painting mashup of the short film KHAOS) as well as the first online version of of the original short movie itself, after a succesful presentation at Les Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois. The light-painting part has been all shot in one crazy night at my studio with 32 cameras and an acrylic plate. Everything is lit by hand in one second. The stop-motion is created one frame at a time by carefully changing pose by about one inch between each shot. I managed to completley disapear by wearing my black ninja costume.”
The 360 degree stop-motion technique I’m doing is fully explained in my short documentary LightSpin.
Synopsis
The paths of Nicholas, Judith and Clara cross accidentally inside a hotel room. A no man’s land which is the gateway to another dimension. The darker side of the psyche, this dimension is where subconscious nightmares and fantasies become real.
KHAOS LP credits:
Project director – Kays Mejri
360° bullet-time light-painting – Eric Paré
Video editor – Ange Amargier
Actors – Julian Fiset, Melissa Paulson, Hannah Dorozio
Original soundtrack – Anonspeak
Art director – Jessica Surendorff
Here are the entries for the March 2016 Light Painting Photography Contest. Everyone PLEASE VOTE in the comment section of this page to pick your top 3 images, the images all have a number in the title (EXAMPLE… IF ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES IS THE IMAGE TITLED “Light Painting Contest 08 March 2016″ THEN YOU SHOULD PUT THE NUMBER 8 AS ONE OF YOUR CHOICES). Please remember that the theme of this contest was Urbex this means that there should be some element of “the exploration of man-made structures, usually abandoned ruins or not usually seen components of the man-made environment”. Voters that do not include 3 unique choices in their post will not be counted. In other words no 1,1,1, or 5,5,5, or 7,7,7,…..Please pick your three favorite IMAGES based on the image alone.
The light painting photography contest series is sponsored by the best damn companies on earth COAST Flashlights, Neon Flexible, LED Flexible,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 Artist Maria Saggese and Valeria Ricci have started a new Light Painting project called Light Lab! As recent graduates of New Art Technologies at Academy of Fine Arts of Naples and Academy off Fine Arts of Brera (Milan) these two are on a mission to spread Light Painting throughout Italy! They have have already held Light Painting workshops and partnered with the major brand Cîroc Vodka to bring Light Painting photo booths to events! Lets show these ladies some support, Check out Light Lab on their website HERE, their Facebook Page HERE, and their Instagram Page HERE!
