Adding to their line of High Quality Neutral Density Filters the (Big Stopper and Little Stopper), LEE Filters is introducing the new Super Stopper! The Super Stopper will offer a whopping 15 Stops of ND madness! As an example, say to get a proper exposure during the day you shoot a shutter speed of 1/125 of a second, boom a quick snap shot… NOW in those exact same lighting conditions with the Super Stopper on the front of your lens you would leave the shutter of the camera exposing for 4 freaking minutes. Now you are going to have to use some really, REALLY bright light sources to Light Paint and bust those photons through the 15 stops of diffusion but holy crap does this beast open up some possibilities! I for one am pretty excited. Availability and pricing have not been announced YET, but via DPReview says it will be available “Soon” and price around $175.00. Keep an eye out on the LEE website for details. Check out the chart below and while we wait here is a video about the Little and Big Stoppers to enjoy:
Eric Paré’s 360º Bullet Time Light Painting Photo Booth at Adobe MAX
Light Painting Photographer Eric Paré has been absolutely killing it recently, putting out wildly gorgeous images and collaborating with industry giants like Adobe. This week Eric has taken over Adobe’s Instagram page, (yes I know there will be some tears shed but some of Eric’s work is edited, ?) He has also released a BTS video showing his LIVE unedited Light Painting work in the 360 Bullet Time Light Painting Photo Booth that he set up at Adobe MAX last year! With over 1000 participants over the 3 day event Eric shot nearly 4000 sets of images on a 32 camera array exposing many new people to the Light Painting Art Form! Check out the super cool 360º gifs and full video below… Congrats on all your success Eric!
Project created for Adobe in Los Angeles, California during AdobeMAX 2015.
For this event, 32 cameras were used in perfect sync. Each picture is lit by hand in about one second. We met nearly 1000 participants and created over 4000 pictures over the three days of the event, meaning over 128000 images.
Created with the help of Russell Preston Brown, Kim Henry, Jeremy Lloubes, Tony Stranges, Ed McDonough, Johan Silva, Guillermo Castellanos, Matthias Thomas Lamotte and Ange Amargier.
For even more 360 action check EricPare.com/360
National Parks At Night
National Parks at Night is a series of Night Photography workshops starting in May of 2016. While the emphasis of these workshops will be night photography there will also be a portion dedicated to Light Painting. The workshops have the expressed goal of “Ensuring every night photography adventure workshop attendee in our National Parks at Night program has the time of their life and learns more about night photography with personalized teaching”
The instructors include:
Gabriel Biderman, Tim Cooper, Matt Hill, Lance Keimig, and Chris Nicholson.
So far there are 5 workshop locations on the agenda:
ACADIA 2016
ARCHES 2016
CRATER LAKE 2016
DEATH VALLEY 2016
ZION 2016
With plans of 50+ National parks in the works, this is just the beginning! Check out http://www.nationalparksatnight.com for all the info.
Find Your Own Way, Patrick Rochon Light Painting Video Part 2
Here is the second video from Light Painting Photographer Patrick Rochon for Blend 285. Check out the first part HERE.
The campaign encourages you to find you own personal way in life, to be original and create your own reality.
In collaboration with BLEND 285, Amex Team Advertising, Bob Eye View, Suzy Johnston + Associates / Artist Representation, Patrick the Light Painter and with the great talented model Juliana Casas Villamizar. Supported by the 360 software of Eric Pare Studio and Matthias Thomas Lamotte.
Light Painting at Australia’s White Night Festival
White Night Melbourne 2016 is an overnight festival in Melbourne Australia that takes place from 7pm-7am this Saturday 02/20/2016. The event is described as “a journey of discovery through the heart of Melbourne with music, food, film, art, and light. Bring your family and friends and enjoy an urban adventure at Australia’s only all night celebration of culture and creativity. With so much on offer, including exhibitions, street performances, illuminations, installations, film screenings, music, dance and interactive events, there really is something for everyone.” The exciting part for Light Painters or people simply interested in the Art Form is that Light Painting Photographers Anita G and Andy Phillips are creating “a hub for camera-carrying photographers of all skill levels who want to congregate, share images, learn tricks of the trade, or explore the latest in light painting techniques”. Participants will use their own cameras and Anita and Andy will be provided Pixelsticks, Light Painting Brushes and an array of home made tools to create some magic!
If you are in the Melbourne this should be an awesome event! Andy and Anita will be set up in the Wonderland precinct, next to ArtPlay on Birurung Marr and they will be there for the entirety of the event from 7pm to 7am! Make sure to check it out and Click HERE for all of the details!