February Light Painting Photography Contest Winner

And the winner isssss……

Clay Howard Smith for this beautiful light painting portrait. There were several really good images entered and it was very difficult to select a winner. The 3 images that had the most reader votes were 20, 48, and 49. Dean Chamberlain, Aurora Crowley, Nocturne, Myself, and last months winner Aaron Ploog all made the final decision and the final vote was four for #20 and one for #49. Thanks to all who entered click here to check out the new contest and keep on reading to find out what Clay had to say about his winning shot!

“This image was a bit of a nightmare to produce. I’ve been using fiber bundles in a lot of photographs lately thanks to the inspiring images of Aurora Crowley and Patrick Rochon. The exposure involves taking the fiber bundles, exposing them, and then highlighting the form underneath with a smaller torch. The real trick is not to overexpose the photograph, which was definitely frustrating at times. My website is www.clayhowardsmith.com“