Painting with Light
Painting with Light
An intensive tutorial on light painting. A camera, a tripod, a hand hold flashlight and the right skills is all you need. No need for expensive cameras, special lenses or big studio lights.
Light Painting Photography
Images straight out of a fairy tale
Painting with Light
An intensive tutorial on light painting. A camera, a tripod, a hand hold flashlight and the right skills is all you need. No need for expensive cameras, special lenses or big studio lights.
You can do this!
Creating this kind of stunning pictures isn’t as hard as you might think. Everybody with basic photographic skills can learn this kind of photography.
All levels
Required skills and tools:
Shoot in manual or in bulb mode
basic skills in Photoshop
Digital DSLR, mirrorless or even a pocket camera
a tripod
a good hand hold flashlight
Get ready to capture the unseen
Looking through a lens changes the world, the camera sees differently. Learn to play with light and shadows to create a unique look
Become a creator and make the picture
Content
gear and camera settings
single and multiple exposure approach
light modifiers
composition
light composition
handling the flashlight
series of field examples
post processing
18 chapters
duration: 4h19′
Availability: Worldwide
The single and the multiple exposure approach
You can choose to keep it simple and create the whole image in-camera or you can create more complex images using layers and masks in Photoshop.
Become a creator and make the picture
Create a unique light composition
You choose what to reveal by creating a unique light composition. You choose what to show and you create the mood you want.
Gear: a camera, a tripod and a flashlight
Turn your small flashlight into a wide range of soft boxes, spotlights and floodlights
Learn to play with light and shadows
The single exposure approach
This image come straight out of the camera, without any post processing. That’s the strength of the single exposure approach. This technique is perfect for simple compositions and simple light compositions. Through a process of trial and error you build up the image step by step.
The multiple exposure approach
The multiple approach is more suited when creating more complex light compositions. Such as in this image where I included a wonderful cloudscape.