billysyk

<p>When you lightpaint your canvas is your frame. If you have never painted start painting<br />and see everything as the metaphor for that. First of all as you would paint the background<br />comes first, the foreground comes second. So dark background bright foreground or the<br />opposite depending what you want to express. You can lightpaint night or day. It is just <br />that during the day you will be needing stacked or non stacked good quality 10stop ND filters<br />to simulate night (again if you are starting with dark background). You always prefer a cloudy<br />day from a sunny day for lightpainting if you have that dark background. It helps with the ND<br />filters. Next comes your imagination. Anything can be a tool, since you are in pitch black, and<br />depending on the time you give your shot, the light that the sensor/film will absorb depends<br />on what you have lit more with your lighting equipment. If you are lightpainting interiors you <br />require small led torches. If you are lightpainting exteriors you require bigger led torches.<br />You start counting your light with lumens/ansi and then (again) if you are during daylight you<br />must think of winning the sunlight, otherwise it would be darkness where small led torches <br />do the trick. Again what you paint and how is based on your technique and style. You could <br />do literally anything. Stencil, replication of things, it's only up to you. Do not stop in swirling<br />the light torches around with a rope making balls, or playing with that dangerous wool that <br />might set your hair on fire :-) Start painting not just drawing. Experiment with coloured glasses<br />to paint surfaces with the source of light looking away from the lens and you will start seeing<br />wonders. I babbled enough. Good luck!</p>