light graffiti photos

Fizz753 · Feb 14, 2009

Some of you may of already seen this. And I know several members here have done stuff like this before. :twothumbs

www.dailymail.co.uk ran a story on Michael Bosanko and his flashlight "light graffiti" photos.

Story is here, and his web site / photo gallery is here.

A quick re-hosted sample image:

Flying Turtle · Feb 14, 2009

Neat pics. Wonder what sort of lights he's using? Thanks for pointing out this, Fizz.

Geoff

ktafil · Feb 16, 2009

Here are some pic's:
THe first two are more "open the shutter and play with lights" kind of type.
The last one is most graffiti wise.

TONY M · Feb 16, 2009

Nice pics, I really like the spider.

Nyctophiliac · Feb 16, 2009

Really inspiring stuff. I need some practise.

Best I could do at short notice.

Look Ma, no hands...

Toohotruk · Feb 17, 2009

I'll have to try that...if I can figure out exactly how it's done.

ktafil · Feb 17, 2009

Just put the camera on a tripod and open the shutter for a relative long time (10 sec's or so)
Do this in a Dimm enviroment and "paint" your graffiti with a flashlight.
Sounds easy, but needs some practice to get the right camera settings.

bretti_kivi · Feb 17, 2009

the spider's cool

I need a remote, I'd want longer than 30s for this.

Bret

ktafil · Feb 17, 2009

Fizz, i checked the galery link and there are some super great pics in there.

Michael Bosanko must have a truely very good 3D view if he really does this without photoshop.
I wonder how you get track on where you started the base of the skateboard for example. How to fit the skate guy on there and so on.

true art!

bretti_kivi · Feb 17, 2009

If you check out the botanic pics, they're done over a very, very long exposure (you can see the stars move in some of them). The mountain ones are also very long exposure, that stretch of road is not short.

I was thinking about the skateboarder over lunch; I think practice would do well and if you use some kind of reminder for the height, I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Flow: wheels, then board, then person, from the bottom up with a reminder at the board height and also at shoulder height.

Bret

Toohotruk · Feb 17, 2009

This may sound dumb, but why doesn't the person with the light show up, even as a blur?

ktafil · Feb 17, 2009

The shutter is open for like 15sec's or so.
If you wear dark clothes and are moving around you will not be seen on the photo itself. ( the rest needs to be on the same spot for 15 sec's to get in the pic)
The light you use is bright and does only need a fraction of a second to get in the photo.

Compare it with a night (long shutter time) shot where you see car lights on the photo passing by. You don't see all the cars that where there.

Maybe someone who is more photo technical can explain better?

Toohotruk · Feb 17, 2009

That's pretty weird! Thanks for the explanation.

Looks like I have some experimenting to do...

ktafil · Feb 17, 2009

Yes, Inspired by Michael Bosanko I want to do some more experiments as well. It's fun to do, but takes some practice to get right.
On the other hand, digital photo's are practically free so keep shooting!

bretti_kivi · Feb 17, 2009

exactly right. As long as you don't do anything silly like show yourself in a flash or beam, you will disappear - dark grey clothing (non reflective!) recommended.

Practice makes perfect.

Bret

Mike Painter · Feb 17, 2009

bretti_kivi said:
exactly right. As long as you don't do anything silly like show yourself in a flash or beam, you will disappear - dark grey clothing (non reflective!) recommended.

Practice makes perfect.

Bret

Or be seen in several places at once?

Illum · Feb 17, 2009

TONY M said:
Nice pics, I really like the spider.

me too...especially the little ones

rehosted

Toohotruk · Feb 17, 2009

That one is really amazing!

oo:

Flying Turtle · Feb 17, 2009

Here's a quick little self-portrait I just tried. Came out better than I expected. This could be fun. I used my LF3XT and set the camera for a 12 sec. exposure. Had the light set for momentary so I could "dot the eyes". I'll have to play with this some more. Maybe use some red.

Geoff

Toohotruk · Feb 18, 2009

Is that your first try? If it is, that's pretty damned good! :thumbsup:

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