Light Painting

Are you passionate about Photography?

Have you ever tried out light painting?

If you have seen one of them, you might have wondered, how do they shoot them.

Let's First check-out a very simple light painting done by me.

What is Light Painting:- 

Light painting is a technique where the light source is moved while taking long exposure photos. 

Look at the level of imagination

Requirements:-

1. A Light Source -- You can use any light source as per your choice and requirements. It can be either a Torch, Light tube, Mobile phone LED, a Mobile screen with different colors flashing, or any other source. 
2. A Camera -- Although most people prefer DSLR cameras for this purpose you can use a mobile phone also provided that it has "Manual Mode" in it. Without manual mode, you cannot shoot a professional-looking light painting.
3. A Camera or Mobile Stand -- It is necessary to keep the camera on a stand or tripod because it may generate useless noise in the image if shaken.
4. A Dark Place -- The venue of shooting should be dark because too much light will result in a completely white photo.

Steps:-

• First of all, you need some good imagination. Since light can't be stopped at a place to take the idea, you have to imagine that how will you draw or decorate using the light source.
• Place the camera in the right place, from where you can get a good view. That's totally your choice. Note that the camera should be in stable condition, it shouldn't move at all while shooting.
• Now you need to make some settings in your camera. 
• Mode : Manual Mode or Bulb Mode.
• Shutter Speed : 30 sec (You can choose it as per your wish. It's basically the time in which you need to complete your painting.)
• Aperture : 8 or 10
• ISO : 100 (This is should be maximum)
• Flash Light should be off
• Now just click the shoot button. If you are doing it all alone, use the timer option so that you can reach your position in time.
• Once the camera starts shooting, start waving your light source in whichever way you want to.
• After finishing, you will see your imagination in reality.

You might fail a few times but don't worry, a little bit of practice will make you get the best results. Once you do it perfectly, all you have to do is IMAGINE.

Steel-Wool Photography