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We are going to be uploading a lot more content to the Light Painting Photography YouTube channel this year so if you are not Subscribed yet please head over to the YouTube channel and click that little red subscribe button. In this Light Painting Video I show how I created the above image titled “United We Stand” For this image I used tools from Light Painting Brushes and Flashlights from Light Excursion. The settings were ISO100, F8, and the total exposure time was 522 seconds. Enjoy.
Light Painting Photographer Patrick Rochon took some time away from the digital world to dive deep into Light Painting. Focused on learning more about the deeper meaning of what it is that we, as Light Painting Artists, do. Patrick has created a meaningful new video Manifesto sharing some of what he has learned on his journey with LIGHT. I am sure you will find inspiration in this video, but I also hope you find inspiration in how Patrick gained this knowledge. Stopping and taking the time to think deeply into the medium of LIGHT is so important. Enjoy the video and you can also read more about Patrick’s journey here.
Back in 2013, Light Painting Artist Patrick Rochon recorded an in-depth 2-day workshop for the educational platform Learnster. After Learnster shut down, Patrick made the entire workshop available to the Light Painting Photography community — completely FREE! This incredible series provides deep insight into Patrick’s techniques, especially his Light Painting Portraits. Below you’ll find all the video segments with descriptions. Enjoy the inspiration and knowledge!
01 – INTRO: Patrick introduces himself, shares inspiration from his portfolio, and discusses his global journey into Light Painting.
02 – TOOLS: Tools, camera settings, and light modifications for fire, water, and texture effects.
03 – STUDIO: How to set up your space, use red markers, and work in total darkness efficiently.
04 – DEMO: Live tool demonstration, showing movement techniques and light manipulation in real time.
05 – JAM: Patrick invites crew members to try Light Painting, showing how accessible and fun the process is.
06 – REVIEW: Shares portraits and resources, and reviews key settings and techniques from Day 1.
07 – BASIC: Working with models, lighting the face, managing sensitive eyes, and foundational portrait tips.
08 – EFFECTS: Creative background lighting for atmosphere and drama — all in-camera, no Photoshop.
09 – AIRBRUSH: Airbrush-like soft lighting on the model’s face with enhanced visual effects around them.
10 – POST: Patrick walks through post-production tools and techniques using a workshop image.
11 – Q&A: Final thoughts and a sit-down with Rob Lawrence from Learnster to answer audience questions.
Light Painting Photographer Russell Klimas has been pushing the limits of Drone Light Painting for a while now. He creates complex Light Painted shapes in the sky and even takes it a step further by using forced perspective, animating 3D light paintings and he has even created a light painted horse chasing the moon across the sky!
Last month Russell released an in depth Drone Light Painting Tutorial on his Youtube channel, and even though I am subscribed to his channel and have my notifications on (which you should be too) I still somehow missed it, but that’s besides the point… Thankfully I have finally seen this awesome tutorial and I wanted to share it with the Light Painting Photography Family! Check out the tutorial video below! Russell has also created a Facebook group that is dedicated to learning and sharing everything Drone Light Painting so if you want to learn more be sure to check that out here!
If you have not seen it here is the First Tutorial Russell refers to in the above video:
Light Painting brings people together, but even more so when doing a massive Light Painting Collaboration and no one does it better than the team of Frodo, SFHIR and Edu known as The Children of Darklight! Frodo ÁlvarezDKL, SFHIR and Edu Cajigal create the most massive and impressive Light Paintings ever! The amount of work, organization, planning, time, artistry, creativity, imagination, and technical ability that goes into creating one of these mind blowing works of art is simply astounding! To say it is impressive is really an understatement, everything that goes into making one of these is extraordinary! In their most recent work, not only did they overcome all the normal challenges of creating one of these incredible works of art, they also had to deal with Covid and social distancing! I was going to interview Frodo about this image but thankfully Denis Smith has already done it for me! Denis got a chance to talk with Frodo recently for his School of Light Youtube series Image Breakdown! Check out the The Making of Video Frodo and the Team put together, the full Image Breakdown video by Denis below and also keep scrolling down for other MASSIVE Light Paintings Frodo and the LightMOB collaborators have created!
ARTISTIC DIRECTION: Frodo Álvarez DKL (Children Of Darklight), Sfhir, Edu Cajigal
PRODUCTION & COMMUNICATION: When&Where Comunicación y Eventos
COLLABORATING ARTISTS: Patry Diez, Alexandra Lunar, José Moroño, Tardor Roselló, Iris Shyroii, Ricardo Diosa, Rafael Lobo de la Sierra, Sonia Sumaiss, Ivantxo Rodriguez, Diana Ponce
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Beatriz García, Patry Diez, Alicia Gutiérrez, Adri Domínguez
MAKING OF: Realizador: Titi Muñoz, Cámara: Daniel Contreras
MUSIC: Lego My Ego “A.I.”
If you would like to see more about all the Light Painting Projects Frodo and the team are working on then please check out these links below!
https://www.instagram.com/childrenofdarklight
https://www.youtube.com/ChildrenOfDarklightTV