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Dusty Cameras

In a complete 180 from my last post, let’s talk about shooting film.

Being part of the oldest segment of Millennials, film cameras were very …

Phoning It In

A few years ago I went for a walk one morning during a heavy snow. A teenager approached me and introduced himself as a photographer. He asked if it …

Mixed Light and Doing More with Less

The other day I had a conversation with a friend who is a touring drummer. He said when he first started going on the road he had a huge drum set. …

Manual Lenses: Balancing Fire and Sky

The light work is only half of the equation in a light painting. Making sure the location is visible is just as important, if not more so. Using …

Disecting Photons

I really dig fog. A lot. A whole hell of a lot actually. 🙂 I even wrote about using it in long exposure photography a few months ago.

For this one, …

Shaping EL Wire

Electroluminescent wire (el wire for short) has been used by light painting artists for several years. It’s most common use is creating a glowing …

Man On Fire

In this light painting tutorial I’ll explain how to create the fire effect in the above photo. If you aren’t familiar with light painting, check out …

A Perfect Circle

A Perfect Circle, besides being one of my favorite bands, is also an easy and cool light painting trick.

What you need

  • A paint roller and handle
  • A …

Light Painting Primer

Often times, people have a hard time believing you can create this kind of stuff with out the one stop cure-all miracle known as Photoshop. The …