Photoshoot and Beyond
Here’s a cool trick that my friend Amr Tahtawi showed me a while ago and that I keep using for my light-painting pictures. As usual, I do a series of quick light-painting pictures with Kim Henry at blue hour (to get the nice background). Most of them are lit in one second. These are created using tubeguards. Make […]
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Light painting is a fascinating technique that’s evolved over the last few years from the humble flashlight into an elaborate array of tools, gadgets, gizmos, and even apps, with ever more wild and creative results being produced on a daily basis. In this video, Jason D. Page shows us how to use the new Plexiglass feather attachment […]
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Now, this is why we cannot have nice things. While I am not enjoying saying this, it looks like photographers are slowly earning the bad cred that authorities are giving them. After shuttering a 126 old statue for a selfie, it is now revealed that the fire on The Big Cypress Monroe Station last month was […]
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Okay let’s just start right off by saying this image is not just my baby. Anyone who has ever heard of the light painting extraordinaire Eric Paré would see this image and think, “Ummm Robert? You totally ripped off Eric’s work.” To which I would kindly respond, “Good job for knowing who Eric is and for […]
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If you thought that you need big guns and a huge budget to create inspiring art, think again. Photographer and dancer duo Kim Henry & Eric Paré (previously), show that you can create absolutely stunning art using cheap equipment and a lot of dedication. We shared Eric’s tube guard light painting technique before, but we had […]
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I know you are here for the how to beef, but first let me share the store of how I got into light painting. For those of you not familiar with light painting, it is a photographic technique using a slow shutter speed (or long exposure) to capture light…
Light painting and Vogue aren’t two words that you usually associate with one another. But for the May 2015 cover of British Vogue, photographer Paolo Roversi photographed Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke using an interesting light painting technique. As can be seen in the 62-second behind-the-scenes clip, Roversi appears to use a flashlight to […]
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It’s been done once, but as with almost any world record, it’s inevitable it will be done time and time again, with each new attempt more grandiose than the last. We’re talking light painting orbs. Last time we covered the Guinness World Record for most light orbs in an image it was from the The […]
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If an amazing light painting portrait has caught your eye sometime over the last few years, you’ve probably seen the work of Montréal, based visual artist Eric Paré. I first noticed Eric’s work when he released his LightSpin project back in 2013 – featuring groundbreaking and truly spectacular 360 degree bullet time light painting. Since then Eric […]
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Motion blur in photography is often associated with poorly exposed photos, but it doesn’t have to be! This tutorial will show you how to use it creatively.
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