Keavey Henshaw
Unit Three Photography
Night & Light Painting Photography
Night and light painting photography is something which is done by taking a long exposure image in the dark. Doing this allows most of the image to look as though it's taken during the day, but it also shows light art which is written in the dark.
Light painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source while taking a long exposure photograph, either to illuminate a subject or to shine a point of light directly at the camera, or by moving the camera itself during exposure The technique is used for both scientific and artistic purposes, as well as in commercial photography.
As you can see from the picture to the left, the use of a specific light source is used to create different patterns in the air. For exmaple the one you can see has been done with a torch or a glowing Poi ball, but generally it can be done with any type of light source.
In the image to the left you can see that a specific plattern has been created but in the one below you can see that fire poi have been used and just generally swung around to create a generalized pattern.
With this image to the left you can see that fire poi are not in a specific pattern but the only way you can create this image is the same way the others have been made. This image would be made though setting the camera to a specific exposure and then taking a picture whilst someone was swinging the poi.
Creation Process
Props List
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Fire Poi
Creation Process
To the left are screenshots which show the processes in which I worked in to produce my final images for this experiment. These do not emulate the style above but to run along side it somewhat, due to the fact I have used the same processes and the same effects that the originals have used.
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To start with I began by setting up a tripod outside along with the camera on top of it. I started by setting my performer in the right position and then asking him to start swinging the fire poi. This was done for about 10 minutes, any longer than this the fire poi was starting burning themselves and started to ruin themselves. All the photos I needed to take were done within this time period.
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Once all the pictrues had been taken I moved them from my SD card onto my laptop and sorted though each image looking for good qualities and back qualities in each image.
The images which had the most good qualities were put into a different folder on my laptop called refinements, I did this so it would be easier to pick which photos I wanted to edit into final pieces.
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The images were then chosen and put into photoshop to be edited. Adding effects layers and blending modes I lightened some parts of the image and darkened some other parts adding contrast where I thought it needed to be.
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Finally I finished up changing the exposure levels and the different effect I'd added onto the image before saving them as a JPG image onto my laptop and uploading them to this website.
Night Photography Results
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Contact Sheets
Below you will find a contact sheet of all the photos i used within creating my digital triptography.
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