Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Experimentation - Workshop 1 (photography)

The Brief:

To produce a series of light paintings with the camera (also known as light graffiti)

This is done by using a slow exposure time such as 30 seconds in a darkened environment and then waving or pointing light sources in front of the camera to draw patterns or pictures with the light trails (or lines)

See Here

Working in groups of two we spent some time in the studio experimenting with this technique (albeit very basically) and here are the results my partner and myself achieved:

created by waving 2 separate light sources around at the camera


single light source at the camera

By placing different coloured filters in front of the lens we created these effects


Created by using coloured filters again and this time placing light sources on strings and turning the body through 90 degrees







These images were created by drawing with a laser pointer from behind the camera also by using the coloured filters as before





All in all a very lighthearted yet successful session with some good results, however I feel that with a little more time and with a little more freedom over the camera controls the results could have been much greater and more refined.

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