Do you have a light painter who is a friend of family member, maybe a brother….and your like S#*! I dont know what to get this idiot. I don’t even like him, but mom is gonna be pissed if I don’t get him a gift again this year. Well have no fear here are a few killer ideas…
Any of lights from Coast would make for a great new addition to any light painters arsenal. The HP 21 is the baddest light around if your looking to light up a city block or the moon.
Got a few less bucks to spend this year the HP line with the finger tip focus (so easy even the idiot can’t screw it up) are great light painting brushes! Looking for a stocking stuffer how about the TX10 a great light for light writing or light calligraphy. The TX10 has four colors, white, red, green and blue – each controlled by a separate switch. The G5 and G10 lights are awesome lights for making stars or “fairy dust”… One more great idea that is often overlooked is a HEADLAMP for finding your way in the dark.
Light painting artist Darren Pearson, a.k.a. Darius Twin, makes some rad stuff. If you haven’t seen Darren’s work your computer must have been broke for the last few months. Darren has been “Blowing Minds with Light Lines” with his light painting images of dinosaurs and other creatures. He has a store where you can buy prints as well as some super cool T-shirts with his imagery on them. A shirt with a light painted dinosaur on it, that is the perfect gift for your idiot brother? CLICK HERE FOR THE STORE.
Light painting photography supporter Adorama has every piece of photo gear you could possibly need. Cameras, lenses, tripods, gels, shutter releases, and flashes!
A good tripod has got to be one of the most important things used to create a nice light painting image. Is your idiot brother holding his tripod together with duct tape then get him a Slik 500 HD Tripod and make his life. Just make sure the weight of his camera system doesn’t exceed the max of 11 pounds. Which it shouldn’t unless he has been feeding his camera doughnuts.
So the idiot has a good tripod how about getting him a Gorillapod. With this little monster you can get any angle imaginable. Get way down low to the ground or wrap it around a tree, you can literally put this thing anywhere. Again make sure the weight of the camera rig doesn’t exceed the 6.6 lb limit of this tripod.
Are you sick of holding the button down while your idiot brother dances around with glow sticks in front of the camera. I know its makes no sense to you and when girls walk by its super hard to strike up a conversation with your idiot brother dancing around like a fairy. If you get him a shutter release like the RS-80N3 or the more advanced TC-80N3 you will never have to push the button again. Both of these shutter releases are for Canon camera’s if your idiot brother has another kind of camera then click HERE.
Want to speed up the process of your idiot brother taking pictures so you don’t have to stand around with him for hours and hours? One way to do that is to get him a flash that has a fast recycle time. The Canon Speedlite 580ex is extremely fast. Not only is it fast it gives you complete control of the amount of flash you shoot into you image. Don’t have the loot to spend and why would you, what has he ever done for you anyway, well then check out these other still great but less expensive flashes.
Ok just admit it you love the idiot. I mean maybe he let your dog go and maybe he accidentally slept with your girlfriend, twice. But he is your brother and you guys are blood. Just because he stole your identity and ran up your credit cards is no reason not to get him a fantastic holiday gift. He did apologize for putting that kilo of cocaine in your car and calling the cops to let them know you had a little too much to drink when you were driving home from the bar . He’s your brother go ahead and get him what he really wants the Canon 5D Mark II, or if you love him a little less the Canon 7D, or even less the Canon Rebel T3i.
Another light painter who has been creating some cool products is Nocturne. He has just released the Noctography Gel System that he designed with Rosco Gels. He also has some rad hats and T-shirts with his light painting imagery on them. Check out Noctune’s online store HERE.
Still not feeling inspired. Why not buy a print from one of the amazing light painting photographers listed HERE and HERE. You will not only be getting your idiot brother an amazing gift but you will also be supporting the artist that inspire him and art form that he loves so much. Buying a print from one of these visionaries allows them to continue to make history.
P.S. If you don’t have an idiot brother please insert sister, cousin, uncle, niece, nephew, boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife. We all have and idiot.
P.S.S. If you are a Featured Artist and/or Bright Talent Artist and have a product link you would like added into this post please e-mail ASAP.
chukos says
Hi Jason! What is the difference betwen COAST HP21 and LED LENSER X21?
Jason says
Two different companies, I have never used the LED Lenser X21 only the Coast HP21 (which is intense) not sure of the technical differences.