A quick congratulations to Light Painting Artist Vicki DaSilva. Vicki’s work is being displayed in grand fashion at the first ever public art project on the El Barrio waterfront. If you are in the area be sure to check it out. For the whole story click right here.
Light Painting Contest Winner, April 2015
And the winner for the April 2015 Light Painting Contest Themed ““Kinetic” light painting is… Jannis Sidiropoulos for above image titled “Ascending and Descending”. This was another very difficult contest to judge! There was some incredible work to choose from, but in the end the judges were able to come up with a winner and it is a great image indeed.
Gear and settings for this light painting were:
Canon 60D with the EF-S17-85mm lens (17mm)
F18
ISO 100
49 Second Exposure
Jannis said this about creating the winning shot:
“This image was created one raining March night in my living room while experimenting with zoom and pan/tilt. I was trying to rotate the camera holding it by hand, but I didn’t like the results so then I started playing around with more simple moves and zoom. The results got more interesting and after some more experimenting I got this one. The light sources are a hula hoop with white xmas lights and some fading LED’s I took out of a toy. 🙂 I guess sometimes the lack of proper equipment can drive you to be more creative in a way..”
This is a very true statement and goes to show you don’t need to have the most expensive complex gear to make fantastic work.
To see more of work from Jannis check out
flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131941585@N08/
tumbr: http://jansid.tumblr.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/luplof/
A special thank you to this months final selection judges Jeremy Jackson, Aaron Bauer and previous Light Painting Photography contest winner Frédéric Leroux.
For the winning image Jannis will receive a LPP prize pack filled with treasures from our sponsors below.
Click here to see the current contest theme and find out how to enter to win your LPP prize pack!
Light Painting Photography Contest Entries, April 2015
Here are the entries for the April 2015 “Kinetic” 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 02 April 2015″ THEN YOU SHOULD PUT THE NUMBER 2 AS ONE OF YOUR CHOICES). Please remember that the theme of this contest was Kinetic Light Painting otherwise known as “Camera Painting” this means that the camera moves and the lights in the scene stay stationary. There are many variations and interpretations of this but at some point during the exposure the camera must MOVE and use the light within the scene to create or add to the final image. 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!
OSKAR Contest and Photo Exhibition
If you have not heard 2015 is The International Year of Light! A global initiative adopted by the United Nations to raise awareness of how optical technologies promote sustainable development and provide solutions to worldwide challenges in energy, education, agriculture, communications and health.
OSKAR the student chapter of The Optical Society is hosting a wonderful opportunity for Light Painters with their photography contest and exhibition in Karlsruhe, Germany June 26th-29th 2015.
They are inviting “photograph professionals and hobby-artist from all around the world to make a photo contribution to the International Year of Light 2015.”
OSKAR says: “We welcome photographers to use their camera to capture role of light in their lives. Send in your photos for any of the themes “Light in society”, “Light in Science” or “Light in Art”. This is a great opportunity to connect globally and illuminate your awareness of the basic component of your life – the light.”
Submissions are free, and it looks like a great opportunity to showcase your light painting work! Head over to OSKAR to get all the details on how to submit your images!
Huawei P8, A Phone Designed for Light Painting!
Yes I said a phone designed for light painting. I am pretty sure you can also call people and send text messages but who cares? The camera on this phone was specifically designed with long exposure photography in mind, and that is pretty awesome! Photographer and all around creative genius Ben Von Wong is onboard producing the video below to give us a glimpse of what the Huawei P8 can do…