My neighbors, and people who drive by, have been seeing unidentifiable objects at night that illuminate the darkness. Little do they know that it's just me armed with a light bulb and many extension cords. And a camera set on 60 second exposure. And a tripod. And a lot of hope that no one calls in a nuisance report.
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light painting recipe (serves 4)
ingredients:
1 field
1 light fixture
6 twenty-five foot extension cords
3 hours
a dash of patience
a camera
seventeen 60 second exposures
1 final photo
1 field
1 light fixture
6 twenty-five foot extension cords
3 hours
a dash of patience
a camera
seventeen 60 second exposures
1 final photo
Field? affirmative.
step 1: just see if it works first......
step 2: establish reference points for camera's field of view (that way I don't wind up way out of the picture....)
step 3: find out what happens when I walk and spin the light bulb at the same time.
step 4: realize I just discovered something amazing...............
step 4: realize I just discovered something amazing...............
step 5: take it a bit further..........
..................and further..........
........and get the right shot...........on the 17th attempt