Light Painting

[chopper]

My first time playing with light painting and subject. This shot, the sparks were flying above both of us and i had an eyebrow singed a bit LOL.

Kudos to Cassia, being so brave under the fire!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7204/6900891119_cc5cd365e9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45337223@N03/6900891119/)
Cassia 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45337223@N03/6900891119/) by Edhuang (http://www.flickr.com/people/45337223@N03/), on Flickr

[rhommel]

Definitely a winner! Care to share the setup? :)

[chopper]

sure. Steve (MustgoFaster) standing just to my right swinging the chain above our heads, as per the reflection in her glasses.
Flash unit to my left to light the model. Pretty simple.

sparks landing all around us.

[jfotog]

very cool indeed :D

How long of an exposure did you use for this?

[chopper]

very cool indeed :D

How long of an exposure did you use for this?

crud, dont recall. Maybe 3 or 5 seconds? We played around with different times, depending on the way the sparks fell and how long she could stay absolutely still ha

[jfotog]

still very awesome :D Good job on the execution

[alexanderhosking]

You and your studio light painting!
It's a great shot though.

Makes me day-dream of my own adventures:
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6017/5996582329_278ccde7cf_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahosking/5996582329/)
Waiting for The End to come (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahosking/5996582329/) by CrimsonDesigns (http://www.flickr.com/people/ahosking/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6143/5996563601_45c3539f8e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahosking/5996563601/)
I Can Ride My Bike... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahosking/5996563601/) by CrimsonDesigns (http://www.flickr.com/people/ahosking/), on Flickr

[chopper]

Alex, a small flash on your second shot there would have lit you (or your subject, i cant tell who it is) and brought out the subject easy. Give it a try! :)

[MojoMojo]

If you are using a long exposure of 3 seconds, how is the flash firing? Is it being fired normally or rear curtain?

[alexanderhosking]

Alex, a small flash on your second shot there would have lit you (or your subject, i cant tell who it is) and brought out the subject easy. Give it a try! :)
You know Ed, I was simply going to say that the goal was the silhouette on the City as a backdrop.
But now that you mention it, I think it might have made for a much more visually appealing shot to have the model pop.
Give it more of a foreground, middle-ground and background depth.

I shall give it a whirl next time! :)

[chopper]

If you are using a long exposure of 3 seconds, how is the flash firing? Is it being fired normally or rear curtain?

rear curtain, which is my standard setting for all flash shots anyway.

subject still needs to hold very still. I still got some blurriness around her but manageable.

Just be careful please. I did take a spark to my eye area and it hit my eyebrow so take all precautions. And tell subject not to use flammable hairspray!!

[MojoMojo]

And tell subject not to use flammable hairspray!!

I'm sure you'll get some very very interesting shots if she did.

[jfotog]

Alex, a small flash on your second shot there would have lit you (or your subject, i cant tell who it is) and brought out the subject easy. Give it a try! :)

depending on how long the exposure was, a white flashlight/bike light would have worked too. Just a few highlights with it would have accomplished the same

[alexanderhosking]

depending on how long the exposure was, a white flashlight/bike light would have worked too. Just a few highlights with it would have accomplished the same
Hells yeah!

[Bynx]

My last outing to Center Island and shooting from the same spot we were using 10 second exposure which was perfect for the flying sparks.

[DarylG]

You know Ed, I was simply going to say that the goal was the silhouette on the City as a backdrop.
But now that you mention it, I think it might have made for a much more visually appealing shot to have the model pop.
Give it more of a foreground, middle-ground and background depth.

I shall give it a whirl next time! :)
The best approach is to shoot as many different versions as you can while you have the opportunity. Easier than going back to do it again.

DarylG

[chopper]

depending on how long the exposure was, a white flashlight/bike light would have worked too. Just a few highlights with it would have accomplished the same

yes and no.

Yes, you could have exposed the subject, but without a flash to freeze the subject, light painting the subject means that motion blur over the exposure will be much worse. It is not like painting a building, etc. people move a little bit unless they are braced so expect a bit more blurriness.