What is Light Painting or Slow Shutter Photography?
Light painting, painting with light, light drawing, or light art performance photography are terms that describe photographic techniques of moving a light source while taking a long exposure photograph, either to illuminate a subject or space, or to shine light at the camera to 'draw', or by moving the camera itself during exposure of light sources. Practised since the 1880s, the technique is used for both scientific and artistic purposes, as well as in commercial photography. WIKIPEDIA
The Basics
- Camera: DSLR or a Slow Shutter App (Free -Slow Shutter Fast Cam; 2.79 - Slow Shutter App)
- Light Sources
- Set Shutter to stay open for longer (I use BULB or B - means I start and stop shutter)
- Play with your contrast settings to fine tune
Can you...?
- Draw a shape
- Write a word
- Create a Design
- Paint light around you
- Paint with spheros
How could we see this working in the classroom?
Light & Sound, Visual Arts, Positional Language, Transformational Geometry & Symmetry in Math, Dance
What ideas do you have?
More photography ideas:
- EveryoneCanCreate Photo Book on Apple Books
- Our Pop Up PhotoWalk
- Portrait Photography
- Macro Photography
- Flatlays
- DigiArtBox
Share your creations with #peel21st
Credits:
Created with images by Antoine Rault - "untitled image" • Aziz Acharki - "We fight to make awesome" • tookapic - "light paint night light" • Harishan Kobalasingam - "untitled image" • vzoest0 - "bumper cars motion slow shutter speed" • Ramón Salinero - "Orb of power" • Bethany Szentesi - "Light 3" • Tobias Carlsson - "RGB flow" • Alexander Raissis - "Follow Shawn Sullivan on Spotify!" • Brigitte Tohm - "Sparklers at new year"