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So... Messing around with lights is January's topic. I'm not sure how my submissions are going to work, but I have a few today from last night's experiments.
First up was Physiograms. These were made with an LED torch tied to a bit of Christmas ribbon. Like all my home-start photography projects, it all looked a bit heath robinson when it was finished.
Physiogram 2 by Harlequin565, on Flickr
This was the end result of quite a few shots and is the one I'm most happy with. I tried a couple of different "swinging" methods (pardon the pun!) and also turning the zoom ring during the exposure, but the results were not very interesting. I do have some gels though which I stuck over the lens and the above is just a red gel which also took a lot of the "flare" out of the torch.
I think I could probably get something more interesting if I tried moving the camera too, which is on my "to-do" list.
I also had a go at some light orbs. We had one of those Christmas fairy light nets that was going in the bin so I gathered up 8 or so of the LED lights and then taped over the rest to give me a "light on a string". Once the exposure was complete, I tried a bit of light painting on the tree.
Light Orbs 1 by Harlequin565, on Flickr
Hmmm...
So this isn't as easy as I thought it would be. Problems:
1. Had a torch with me for painting the tree which kept getting under my feet.
2. Didn't concentrate on keeping my arms steady while turning through an approximate circle which has resulted in a rather messy looking orb. This was compounded by making three revolutions before moving my feet.
3. The location wasn't brilliant. Background is cluttered (we have a messy garden!)
4. The cluster of LEDs all taped together has given a tyre tread sort of pattern to the light lines.
So that's day 1 experimentation over with. At least it's early in the month! Time to see what others have been doing now.
Ian.
First up was Physiograms. These were made with an LED torch tied to a bit of Christmas ribbon. Like all my home-start photography projects, it all looked a bit heath robinson when it was finished.
Physiogram 2 by Harlequin565, on Flickr
This was the end result of quite a few shots and is the one I'm most happy with. I tried a couple of different "swinging" methods (pardon the pun!) and also turning the zoom ring during the exposure, but the results were not very interesting. I do have some gels though which I stuck over the lens and the above is just a red gel which also took a lot of the "flare" out of the torch.
I think I could probably get something more interesting if I tried moving the camera too, which is on my "to-do" list.
I also had a go at some light orbs. We had one of those Christmas fairy light nets that was going in the bin so I gathered up 8 or so of the LED lights and then taped over the rest to give me a "light on a string". Once the exposure was complete, I tried a bit of light painting on the tree.
Light Orbs 1 by Harlequin565, on Flickr
Hmmm...
So this isn't as easy as I thought it would be. Problems:
1. Had a torch with me for painting the tree which kept getting under my feet.
2. Didn't concentrate on keeping my arms steady while turning through an approximate circle which has resulted in a rather messy looking orb. This was compounded by making three revolutions before moving my feet.
3. The location wasn't brilliant. Background is cluttered (we have a messy garden!)
4. The cluster of LEDs all taped together has given a tyre tread sort of pattern to the light lines.
So that's day 1 experimentation over with. At least it's early in the month! Time to see what others have been doing now.
Ian.