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Light painting with fire: Let’s talk fire safety

Jun 27, 2023 by Zach Alan Add Comment
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Since Juli and I started light painting with fire and sharing our techniques a few years back, people from all over have been inspired to try this uniquely beautiful but dangerous method for themselves. While I’ve made a point to occasionally include safety tips in my videos, I hadn’t taken the time to concisely spell out the proper precautions needed to make every shoot as safe as possible, and I now regret it.

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Watch this stop motion film made out of over 600 light-painted still images

Feb 23, 2022 by Alex Baker 3 Comments
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There’s light painting, and then there’s this light-painted stop motion film produced by Photographer Darren Pearson. The film is a light-painted Western called ‘Fiat Lux’ and was filmed in classic Western locations such as disused gold mines and abandoned homesteads around Darren’s native California.

Even more incredible is that Darren light painted each frame freehand, combining a total of over 600 images. The amount of work involved was immense and the result is both eerie and beautiful. He explained to DIYP how he created it.

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How to light-paint a Porsche 911, from start to finish

Dec 13, 2021 by Alex Baker Add Comment
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A car is never just a car, particularly a luxury car like a Porsche. Just as each image should tell a story, so does every car. One photographer who understands this is automobile light painter Dominykas Liberis from Vilnius, Lithuania. Every one of his images and car portraits oozes personality, elevating them from ‘just a car’ to each having a story of its own. We found out how he went about photographing this vintage Porche 911.

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How to lightpaint complicated shapes with your drone

Feb 4, 2019 by Russell Klimas 2 Comments
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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 people like Phill Fisher do shapes in the sky manually and was extremely impressed but didn’t have the time to learn how to fly shapes manually. So instead I scoured the net on drone apps that could make things like this possible, and this was my discovery.

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I used a drone to shoot top-down light-painting photos

Aug 16, 2018 by Russell Klimas 1 Comment
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So there are a couple of different ways to use drones to light paint. Some people will attach Lumecubes to their drone and paint an environment with them or will fly a drone around the sky or an object and have the drones lights creating images in the sky. However, there is another way to use them that isn’t widely used yet. That is using the drone’s camera to capture light painting from above.

Drones are becoming more and more popular these days and it’s not too expensive to buy one and play with its possibilities.

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Shoot long exposure light painting photos during the day using neutral density

Jul 24, 2018 by John Aldred Add Comment
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There’s a reason we often see light painting done at night or during low light conditions. During the daytime, it’s just too bright to be able to do them effectively. You have to use fast shutter speeds to not blow everything out, which is the opposite of what you need for light painting.

But there is a way to light paint during the day, too. In his latest episode of Tube Stories, light painter extraordinaire Eric Paré uses neutral density filters to help bring that daylight under control.

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Stars of Night – Recreating Van Gogh’s masterpiece with collaborative light painting

May 8, 2018 by Dan Chick 3 Comments
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When the project started I wondered if this mosaic was too ambitious.

I had made a few tiled light painting mosaics and I was recently inspired by the work of Chris Bauer.  I also hadn’t been feeling like actually shooting any new pictures but I wanted to stay connect to my light painting friends so I created PieceOut.com.  This is a site that helps coordinate the creation of photo mosaics for groups of people around the world.  After I invited a few people to add tiles to a test shot (we did about a third of the Wolverine piece) I decided the site was good enough to use.

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Use light painted streaks for creating glorious wings

May 19, 2016 by Udi Tirosh 1 Comment
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A while back we shared an amazing photograph of a dancer on a lake from Eric Pare and a Robert Cornelius. This photo is a similar (yet totally different) take on the same idea.

Photoshop artist Roderique Arisiaman used a pre-made set of light painting streaks to create this photo and was kind enough to share the speed edit below. I find it quite amazing that simple elements like streaks of light can be used to create such an elaborate photo. Since I think this is something that more people will want to try, I asked Roderique for some tips on how to create the wings.

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This Star-trails Light Painting was made by A Drone

Dec 17, 2015 by Udi Tirosh 3 Comments
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German drone makers, Ascending Technologies just redefined light painting. The company makes high end drones and drone software and to take their technology to the extremes, they made a series of Santa Light Painting which actually resulted in a short movie.

The company used an LED mounted Falcon 8 – their own octa-copter. Way points were set with AscTec Navigator – software capable on creating high-res way points that enabled the complex drawing.

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DIY Light Painting Halloween Costume Photos – Eric Paré Style

DIY light painting halloween costumes eric pare style

Oct 16, 2015 by JP Danko Add Comment
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If you want to try something different this Halloween, how about trying some light painting portraits with your kids?

Its easier than you think, and I’ll show you how its done in this article.

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.netUdi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

Alex Baker: from diyphotography.netAlex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe

David Williams: from diyphotography.netDave Williams is an accomplished travel photographer, writer, and best-selling author from the UK. He is also a photography educator and published Aurora expert. Dave has traveled extensively in recent years, capturing stunning images from around the world in a modified van. His work has been featured in various publications and he has worked with notable brands such as Skoda, EE, Boeing, Huawei, Microsoft, BMW, Conde Nast, Electronic Arts, Discovery, BBC, The Guardian, ESPN, NBC, and many others.

John Aldred: from diyphotography.netJohn Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

Dunja Djudjic: from diyphotography.netDunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

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