Slow Shutter Speed Assignment
Slow Shutter Speed Assignment Painting With Light
Painting with light is a fun technique that gives great results. It is called painting with light because this is what you are actually doing while taking the shot - painting with light. You don’t need much to experiment with this kind of shot, just make sure you have the following items:
1. 2. 3. 4.
A camera capable of long exposures A tripod or way to stabilize your camera while shooting A light source — flashlight, glow stick, lighter, candle, phone A dark location
Here’s how it’s done: Set your camera on the tripod and take a sample shot with flash/lights on. This will help you verify that your composition is OK. Set the exposure to a relatively long value. If you are outside do nothing. If you are inside, this is the time to turn off the lights. Make the click. Once the shutter is open use your light source to light the stuff that you want to paint.You can use the light source as a brush, and smear the light, just like you would have done with brush and paper. Or, you can use the light as a pen, and do precise work. Areas where you go slowly will be more lit than others. Once the shutter closes inspect your image and make corrections.
Here are Some Great Ideas Product like shot — In a closed (dark) room, place your product on a table and draw different (even imaginary) parts of your object.
Location shot — find a location with some ambient light. Find an object that is less “hit” by that light. Now you can use the ambient light to capture the background, while painting the object with light. You will get a nice effect - with some surreal foreground and a “normal” background. Also, the white balance will be different on ambient and painted another cool side affect.
Environmental Graffiti — If you are shooting a wall (or even on thin air...) you can scribe on the wall. Make funny graffiti, write huge love notes, make a political statement - there will be no trace left other than the one on your memory card.
ASSIGNMENT Exercise #1 Ring of Fire - In this picture someone sits perfectly still in a completely dark room. The shutter is set to be roughly the time it would take to walk around the chair holding a candle (8 seconds). His face was entirely lit by candlelight. Create your own ring of fire. Show six (6) different pictures of the same technique, using six (6) different shutter speeds.You choose the shutter speeds. Exercise #2 Your Name in Lights - Experiment again this time writing your name (or initials, if you prefer) in lights. Show me six (6) pictures of the same technique, using six (6) different shutter speeds. Exercise #3 Your Choice - Of course, I want six (6) pictures of the same technique, using six (6) different shutter speeds. This time you get to choose what you’re going to do. Experiment with different light sources, try things you don’t think will work...be creative! Check out these websites for great light painting ideas: http://www.diyphotography.net/taxonomy/term/176?page=2 markthedark.com
Painting with light is a fun technique that gives great results. It is called painting with light because this is what you are actually doing while taking the shot - painting with light. You don’t need much to experiment with this kind of shot, just make sure you have the following items:
1. 2. 3. 4.
A camera capable of long exposures A tripod or way to stabilize your camera while shooting A light source — flashlight, glow stick, lighter, candle, phone A dark location
Here’s how it’s done: Set your camera on the tripod and take a sample shot with flash/lights on. This will help you verify that your composition is OK. Set the exposure to a relatively long value. If you are outside do nothing. If you are inside, this is the time to turn off the lights. Make the click. Once the shutter is open use your light source to light the stuff that you want to paint.You can use the light source as a brush, and smear the light, just like you would have done with brush and paper. Or, you can use the light as a pen, and do precise work. Areas where you go slowly will be more lit than others. Once the shutter closes inspect your image and make corrections.
Here are Some Great Ideas Product like shot — In a closed (dark) room, place your product on a table and draw different (even imaginary) parts of your object.
Location shot — find a location with some ambient light. Find an object that is less “hit” by that light. Now you can use the ambient light to capture the background, while painting the object with light. You will get a nice effect - with some surreal foreground and a “normal” background. Also, the white balance will be different on ambient and painted another cool side affect.
Environmental Graffiti — If you are shooting a wall (or even on thin air...) you can scribe on the wall. Make funny graffiti, write huge love notes, make a political statement - there will be no trace left other than the one on your memory card.
ASSIGNMENT Exercise #1 Ring of Fire - In this picture someone sits perfectly still in a completely dark room. The shutter is set to be roughly the time it would take to walk around the chair holding a candle (8 seconds). His face was entirely lit by candlelight. Create your own ring of fire. Show six (6) different pictures of the same technique, using six (6) different shutter speeds.You choose the shutter speeds. Exercise #2 Your Name in Lights - Experiment again this time writing your name (or initials, if you prefer) in lights. Show me six (6) pictures of the same technique, using six (6) different shutter speeds. Exercise #3 Your Choice - Of course, I want six (6) pictures of the same technique, using six (6) different shutter speeds. This time you get to choose what you’re going to do. Experiment with different light sources, try things you don’t think will work...be creative! Check out these websites for great light painting ideas: http://www.diyphotography.net/taxonomy/term/176?page=2 markthedark.com
