As I prepare this post, I almost got out for a photo walk this morning, had all my gear loaded in the car, as the weather apps, were mostly saying no rain till 8Am, one said a 45% chance of rain earlier, but the others were much lower percentage or saying none, so I loaded all my gear inbto the car, camera light painting torches, tripod etc.
Opened the garage door and backed out, drove maybe 100 feet down our street and it started raining, so went round the block and rain kept coming so drove back hone and thought ohh well another day :)
Sharing some light painting shots I did last year all around the Fort Tabor Park here in New Bedford
I am hoping to get to the fort one morning after it has rained over night as if there is enough rain a puddle forms by the old fort and I can try to get some reflections with light painting, sort of liek this first one I share but hopefully better
Sony A7iv 17mm F18 106 Sec ISO 100
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So what is light painting let me try to explain, actually let me cheat and copy and paste how I explained it in a previous post and was happy with it lOL
Light painting is basically photography’s rebellious cousin who skipped art school and went straight to rave school. Instead of brushes and canvas, you use flashlights, sparklers, glow sticks, or anything that creates light
You set your camera on a tripod, open the shutter for a few seconds or minutes, and then whoosh, you draw in the air with light. The camera sees all the glowing trails and goes, “Oh, cool, I’ll just record that like it’s normal.” And voilà—you’ve got a photo that hopefully you think is cool .
It’s like finger painting, but for grown-ups who still believe in magic or for grown ups who are still kids at art and like to have fun.
Or possibly more likely in my case, for someone like me with no artistic ability who thinks doing these is perhaps the best art I will ever do lOL.
Sony A7iv 20mm F11 99 Sec ISO 100
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I do think the old fort makes a cool back drop for light painting
Sony A7iv 19mm F14 107 Sec ISO 100
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much better than trees such as this last one
Sony A7iv 28mm F14 70 Sec ISO 100
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