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Light Painting Photography Contest Winner, February 2017

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And the winner for the February 2017 Light Painting Photography Contest themed “Spirograph” is… Chris Bauer for his incredible image above titled “GATEWAY TO THE IMAGINATION”. Normally I would say for this awesome winning image Chris will receive a prize pack filled with treasures from our sponsors listed below, but this time its a little bit different. Chris has decided to gift his prize package to the Del Mar High School Photography Program to help spread his passion for Light Painting Photography! 🙂 Thank you Chris I am sure the kids will all slap you high-fives for your awesome gesture!

Here is how Chris created his winning image!

Single exposure light painting made with two lenses.
Gear Used: Nikon D7000 with Nikon 32mm & 200mm lenses.
Settings: f/8, ISO 100, 405 seconds.

First I set up the second half of the exposure using a 200mm lens with a Pringles can attached to it. I set a plasma ball on it’s side and centered it in the middle of the tube then focused the shot. Take a couple practice shots so you already know how much you want to expose the plasma ball later. 12 seconds is what I had decided on. Remove the lens carefully not to disturb the focus and remove the camera but leave the tripod.

Next I prepare the first part of the exposure using a 32mm lens. Set up a physiogram and aim the camera straight up so the light is in the center of the lens. Next I use a sheet of class and position it above the camera and apply water drops . Next focus on the water drops and not the light on the phsyiogram. Now everything is set and in place. Turn out the lights.

With a pink light writer and the flashlight blinking, I spin the phsyio in an oval shape until the rotation slows down the cover the lens. Switch to the blue light writer and spin another oval phsyio in the opposite direction and then cover again. Last spin is done with the white light writer in a big circle. When the white light is complete I cover the lens and shut the flashlight off.

Remove the 32mm lens while the camera is still shooting and carefully replace it with the 200mm and Pringles can. Attach to the tripod and plug in the plasma, count 12 seconds, then close the shutter.

Check out more from Chris at http://www.thefloweroflight.com

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Comments

  6. Congratulations on your photo, also that you for giving us your prizes, it will make a big difference in our passion for light photography.

  9. Thank you so much for donating these tools to our school. It means a lot to all of us students here.

  10. Thank you Chris for being so generous and giving. We really appreciate these supplies!

  12. Great Job Chris we’re so excited for you and thankful for all the light painting tools you have given to our photography program!

  13. Thank you for giving us these tools to be able to do more projects with light painting. Congrats on your winning I think that picture was really well done. It really does look spectacular!

  15. Thanks for the donation, we really appreciate it and I’m sure the supplies will be super useful for current and future classes!!

  16. Hey Chris,
    Congrats on winning and thank you for donating your prize to Del Mar. You did a great job !

  17. Thank you so much for donating the supplies to Del Mar, even though you didn’t have to that means a lot thank you

  18. Chris Bauer,

    Thank you for all the amazing tools you have decided to donate to our program. Am sure this will help us create more amazing projects. Your “GATEWAY TO THE IMAGINATION” is truly amazing. Great job!

    Once again, thank you very much.

  21. Thank you for the generous donation it means a lot to all of us in our digital photography classroom.

  22. A Sr. Bauer,
    Gracias para tu donacion de herramientas a mi escuela de Del Mar.

  24. Thank you Chris for the kind donation of the light painting tools. We at Del Mar appreciate it so much that you donated to support our light painting in photography class. From a Del Mar student, Avery

  27. Thank you so much for the generous donation Chris Bauer! It will really help us develop our light painting and photography skills

  28. Thank you Chris! our school really appreciates all these new supplies congrats on winning!

  31. Chris Bauer,

    Thank you for all of the tools and congratulations on winning the February 2017 Lightpainting Award. It means a lot that you donated all of these cool light painting tools to Del Mar High School. This will allow me to create even cooler and more interactive photos that really grasp the viewer’s attention.

    Thank you from the student…. Shayan Asgari

  32. Thank you for the tools and congrats on winning the contest! Appreciate it.

  33. Thank you Chris for gifting your prize for us. Thanks to you now we have more tools to create awesome light paintings.

  34. Congratulations!!! Such an awesome picture!! And Thank You so much for the supplies, it means a lot!!!

  36. Congrats Chris! Your did a great job in your project, it’s amazing and you deserve it.

  37. Thank you for donating these supplies to Del Mar, it it much appreciated by us students and especially the teacher.

  39. I think it’s very cool that you gave up such great prize to share with others, good job with the image!

  40. Thank you very much Chris! It is an honor to be able to receive all these new light painting equipment because of you. Thank you for your generosity I know all of us students will have a great time using the tools. Also, congrats on winning the contest your art is amazing.

  41. Congrats for winning the light painting contest and thank so much for the donation.Your image was really good and has a lot of details.Thank you for your donation we all give you a big thanks!

  42. Hey chris, thank you so much for your very generous gift. It means the world to us and we could not be more excited about all the wonderful new tools. We cannot wait to make wonderful art with them. Congrats on winning the contest, your picture is breathtaking and you are so talented. Thank you so much again for everything you have done and continue to do.

  46. I wonder if this is the same Del Mar High that I went to… San Jose, Ca? What a treat for the students! Congratulations on a wonderful image and gift!

    • Andrea Boyle, I can confirm that in fact it is the same Del Mar High School you went to in San Jose , CA because I’m a current student.

  48. CONGRATS CHRIS!!! The process sounds like something from Interstellar!👍 Impressive detail and the image shows it! Can’t wait to see what you do next 💡

  51. THANK YOU CHRIS!!! The Del Mar students and myself feel so blessed and amazed at your generosity!!! My students love the Light Painting process! This is their favorite project of the year! I am so excited to receive the equipment, which will allow more students to work and produce images!!!

    Thank you from the instructor……Mrs. Salinas!!!!!