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If you are into exciting light painting here is a great tutorial from Eric Pare, part of the team behind the 360º bullet time light paintings.

This tutorial is about creating a light painting tool that acts like a feather: Click to continue ›

Here at DIYP we are always for some awesome light painting. Jason D. Page definitely answers to this definition.

Ina  short teaser for his upcoming documentary, Jason shows some great light painting photographs and behind the scenes of how they were made, along with his concept of Light painting:

"Calling light painting a photographic technique, would be the same thing as calling painting a canvas technique or calling drawing a sketch pad technique. Light painting is its own art form". The movie and some more awesome light paintings after the jump. Click to continue ›

Electroluminescent wire (EL wire for short) has been used by light painting artists for several years. It’s most common use is creating a glowing smoky effect. A less common use is mounting it onto objects and creating defined shapes and patterns.

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Today on the blog we are hosting master light painter Patrick Rochon who collaborated with Eric Pare on a 360 light painting project. That means that unlike "regular" light painting which are 2D, the 360 light paintings can be rotated and viewed from any angle.

This part of the project is called Liftoff Liftoff 360º and is summed in the video below. More info, awesome light painting and gear satisfaction after the jump. Click to continue ›

A few weeks back we shared Van Elder's post about how to create a wall of fire for light painting. It looked something like this:

Both Van Elder and myself were asked lots of questions so he came up with two follow up posts that explain some of the pitfalls and keys to make such a photo-shoot a success. Click to continue ›

I know that this is not 100% light painting per se, but it has light wands and long exposures, so what's the heck.

You know those guys that tell the plane where to go while they are on the ground? THey are called ramp agents and they tell the plane where to go by waiving a special wand which is very similar to the wand used in light paintings. And just like waiving your hands in the snow creates snow angels, the ramp agents directing the planes reveals their true secret identity as Ramp Angels. True fact!

H/T to Kris Klop for the photo. Click to continue ›

When Barry Elder first approached me with this tutorial I have to admit that I was kinda scared to put it online. I mean, it is not just dangerous, it practically defines danger. But... involving both fire and an Ultima GTR, it was too cool to give up on.

So here is the tutorial. Please use your head if you are going to try it out. Make sure you are safe, have a fire extinguisher close by and alert the near fire station on your plans. It will save you both a huge headache. You can head over to our steel wool light painting tutorial and safety is pretty much similar.

I have been asked on a number of occasions how I created the firewall shown in the above image, in this guide I will show you the basic concept from which you can let your imagination go wild! Click to continue ›

Usually we use a wide array of battery powered lights and fireworks  to create light paintings. This is not the case with the photographs below that were "light painted" by Bioluminescence algae.

Australian photographer Phil Hart tells an interesting tale about a weird tale of events.

Just like the frog rain in Magnolia, those pictures have a story of unique and rare coincidence. Click to continue ›

A few days ago we shared the awesome light painting and BTS videos from Vincent Bruno. If you thought you needed elaborate gear or a lot of assistance to create one of those great painting, Vincent made one more painting to prove you wrong. If you master the skills, you can make it whenever and wherever you desire. This time he breaks it down for us (and signs it DIY which we appreciate a ton). The video and textual breakdown after the jump. Click to continue ›

When I was a kid I used to practice Ninja moves I saw in the movies. Needless to say that it did not make me a ninja (or made my sister happy). However, learning a technique by seeing how it's done by a pro and understanding how it works can work very well for light painting.

Usually we see a finished light painting photograph and stand amazed at the creative use of different lights. If only we could see how the photograph was created so we can understand the underlying mechanisms. Photographer and light artists Vincent Bruno takes a 15 seconds time lapse BTS of every light painting that he does so you can learn and light paint like a true ninja. Here are a few samples. Click to continue ›