light painting
“Chimacabres” are unique creatures created by combining daguerreotype with light painting
Oct 31, 2019
Anton Orlov
Chimacabres come out at night. They are around during the day too of course, but the night is when they really thrive. In the dark…
How to make your own rainbow light-painting tube
Jul 26, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Light painting with tubes is a pretty popular technique and it gives you so many creative possibilities. If you wanna add a splash of colors…
This animation was made from 1,012 individually light painted long exposures
Jun 28, 2019
John Aldred
Shooting stop motion animations or even timelapse can be difficult enough without adding something as already complex as light painting into the mix. Light painting…
Take your light painting game to the next level with these unconventional techniques
Jun 23, 2019
John Aldred
Light painting is typically done one of two ways. Either you have a flashlight and wave it around your scene from behind the camera to…
How to create stunning light painting portraits and nail focus every time
Jun 10, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Photographer Jason D. Page recently shared with us some of amazing light painting portraits he created along with his team. Photographing people this way can…
These light painting celebrity portraits were created in a single take
Jun 5, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Light painting gives you plenty of possibilities to create colorful and trippy images. The team behind Wango Tango Music Festival wanted photos like this for…
This is how you make a perfect circle when light-painting with tubes
Feb 27, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Light painting with tubes is a popular technique and it lets you create all sorts of interesting shapes. But if you want to make this…
How to lightpaint complicated shapes with your drone
Feb 4, 2019
Russell Klimas
A few months ago I was inspired to try and see what shapes I could create while attaching a Lumecube to my drone. I’d seen…
Photographer banned from 500px because 500px don’t know what light painting is
Jan 22, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Light painting photographer Tim Gamble is known for mind-blowing, surreal photos. However, despite his work being created entirely or almost entirely in-camera, 500px recently deleted…
How to create a light painting set with a towel, shower curtain and some paper
Dec 21, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
If you follow Eric Paré’s work, you know him for stunning light painting photos. He uses all sorts of tubes to paint with light, but…