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Light painting on a rock face

Light painting on a rock face

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Light painting on a rock face

Initially I set up this shot to do something completely different. And then I realized that this would be really cool for light painting. What is light painting? Well first let me back up a moment. You may have seen in another video where I used a strobe and a series of colored gels to illuminate a scene. Technically this is very similar to that, but in light painting instead of using a strobe, we're using a constant light, and that can something as simple as an LED flashlight. So I've got these colored gels here, and I am going to literally paint the scene. Now let me explain technically how I'm going to do this. And then I'm actually going to show you the lighting and how I'll operate the light while these light are on without actually taking a picture. Because to take this picture we're going to have to turn off the studio lights and operate in complete darkness. Now obviously you're not going to be able to see me moving around too much then. So I want to kind of explain everything…

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