Light painting is a technique which uses light( by hand) to create exposures. Frank Gillbeth first discovered this technique in 1914 with his wife, Barbara Morgan. There are three basic ways to do light painting. The first way is using something like a torch or some sort of flash which can be handheld and illuminate certain parts or areas of the air considering what you're trying to expose. This requires a slow shutter speed, usually one second or maybe slightly more. Another way is to shine a light source directly into a camera lens and draw a picture. This also requires a slow shutter speed. This is called light drawing. The last way is by moving the camera. The camera can be used like a paintbrush. An example of this is using the night sky as a canvas, the canvas as a brush and the city lights as a palette. All of these techniques need to be done in a dark area. A variety of light sources can be used such as flashlights, fiber optic light pen, candles, matches, fireworks, lighters, glowsticks and poi. A tripod is usually needed during these processes, considering the speed of the shutter.
The first artist to actually explore light painting was Man Ray. His contribution to light painting came up in his series ''Space writing''. In 1935, he set up a camera to produce a self portrait, he opened the shutter of his camera and used a small penlight to produce creates a series of swirls and lines in the air. People thought of this as random circles until 2009, a photographer named Ellen Carey, held a mirror up to his work and discovered the supposedly random light drawing was actually Man Ray's signature.
Review Overall, the video explains everything you need to create an image. It is well presented and tells us perfectly, as viewers, how to do everything right. He makes sure the viewers understand what he is saying. He could have told us more about adjusting the shutter speed and what making it higher or lower does.
Gjon Mili Milli was a self taught photographer and done various experiments. He looked into photography in 1930. He was one of the first to use flash to capture movement in photography. He is well known for doing his 'Life Magazine' work where he worked with Picasso. His work is very interesting as it captures a lot of movement and makes the image look very surreal. His work is just simply cool.
John Hesketh Hesketh's experimented in his back yard in 1985 working on 'Homelife'. This captured what his home life was like. His work is very eccentric and surreal. It's fascinating that he uses colour in his light painting as this isn't very common. His work is very individual and well thought about. This image is from his 'Los Angeles' series which is based on angels and fantasy. The different colours really make the image stand out and seem more powerful. He continues to experiment with different creations and colour whilst living in America.
Frank Gilberth Gilberth was a pioneer of motion study. In 1914, he and his wife worked together and used small lights and an open shutter to capture the movement of manufacturing and clerical workers. His photography is very neutral and simple as he was just a 'beginner'. It is still very great and impressive considering the time of his experiments and what life was like then.