I recently had another incredible light painting photo shoot with my favorite LED flow performers Irene and Mindy in Raleigh, NC. We shot at my favorite location, underneath a bridge, down by the creek. I have photographed them before but the previous sessions focused on capturing their performance art. This time I wanted to focus on creating portraits of them using creative lighting.
Since these are long exposure images of 1 sec or more, I would typically put the camera on a tripod, but this time I experimented with hand holding the camera and loved the results. Since I was photographing in a very dark environment, the flash exposed the performers and froze them sharp. After the flash, the camera only recorded the movement of the LED lights until the shutter closed. One second seems to be the magic number for this type of exposure. All these were shot in Manual Bulb mode. I simply held the shutter open manually after the flash. Once the images were edited I realized that even on Bulb mode I captured all these images right at a 1 second exposure.
This technique really changed the flow of the shoot. I could now move about and creatively frame my shots without fear of a blurred image. I think we got some beautiful frames!
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