Light Painting Photography Course for all Levels

1. Introduction Light Painting: Welcome to the online course Light painting. My name's Roy, and I'm an experienced photographer with a passion for this technique. Have you ever looked at these magical photos with fascination? These are photos that I will teach you how to create and what techniques to use in this course. In this course, we will talk about the world of light painting. Light painting is a technique that uses a long term exposure in dark environment. While the photographer moves light sources to create the photographs or the art. This can vary from simple stripes and shapes to complex and unique compositions and works. This course is both for the beginner and the experienced photographers. If you want to expand your skills and get more inspiration to use this technique properly and in all kinds of way, then this course is for you. The first lesson is mainly about the basic and technique, and the follow up lessons are all about all kinds of different creative ways to apply these technique. With just a few tools, some practice? You can create stunning and unique photos. You will need a camera and a tripod and at least a flash light to complete this course. We will be using multiple light sources, so keep this in mind. Share your best work and your favorites. Please also let us know which light source you have used. I'm very curious about what you've learned and how your results turned out. Are you also excited as I am? Let's get started. 2. The basic principles of light painting: Welcome to the first lesson about light painting. In the first lesson, we will delve deeper into the technique behind this fascinating way of photographing. So let's get started right away. First of all, you need a camera with a wide angle length lens. It is important for this technique that you always photograph in a manual setting. This allows you to work a long shutter speed, which is essential for light painting. You also need a light source such as a flashlight, a light light, or your phones flashlight. For this lesson, it doesn't really matter what you want to use. The focus for now is mainly on the technique. I use this led light and a bicycle light to make some finer lines. By playing with different light sources, colors, and backgrounds, you can create a wide range of unique and inspiring photography. Before we get started, I want to tell you why I use a wide angle length lens. The reason I use this lens is because I want a larger canvas to draw my lights on. This does not mean that you cannot use other lenses. You will then need more distance or a smaller space you can draw on. I like being able to make bigger movements because you are working with a long shuttle speed. It is extremely important to place the camera on a sturdy surface so you can take sharp photos. I use a tripod for this. But you also can place your camera on a sturdy table, for example. In addition, it is useful that the environment is dark. You have three important ingredients for this technique and for the light painting in general. The most important thing is the shuttle speed. We use a long shuttle speed. Which shutter speed should you use a shutter speed of 1 second is on the short side. I will recommend you to experiment with the following three shutter speeds, five, 15, and 25 seconds. I will also show you in a moment what the effect of this is with the different settings. I will then show you the photos with those settings. You want to keep the ISO as low as possible. 100 or 200, for example, because it is mainly dork with this technique. You want to prevent noise in your images. The lower your iso, the less noise you have. But all you smart photographers already knew that. With light painting, it is all about the shutter speed. With the aperture, you find your balance in the photo. The longer the shorter speed, the more light enters your camera. You don't want your photos to be all over exposed. Because it is a greater way of shooting, there is no default setting. So you will have to play with your aperture and find the right balance for you, which depends on how much light you use for the light painting, and d bar will emit much more light than just the small bicycle light. Your shorter speed is key. Don't be afraid to experiment with the settings to achieve the right effect. Now, let's put it into the test. Take photos with three following shutters, 15 and 25 seconds. Set your ISO to 100 and see which aperture works best for your shutter speed. Let's go. Oh, yeah. In addition to straight lines, you can also write spircles or words or letters. Be free with your movement. Let your creativity run. That's it for this lesson. Now that you know the basics of light painting, you're ready to further develop your skills and have more fun with it. Let's explore all kinds of fun and inspiring ways to the next one. Have fun. And hopefully, I'll see you in the next lesson. Bye bye. 3. Silhouettes: Silhouettes with light painting. Light painting offers so much creativity. So let's start making silhouettes. Now that you know the basics and have practiced them, we can take it to the next level. Silhouettes. In this lesson, I want to show you a cool options on how to do that. We will make these photos in this lesson. With silhouettes, the light source will always come from the back of the object. The object is therefore, between the light source and the camera. By using light behind the person or object, you create a bold silhouette. You can recreate the image we will make in this lesson, but of course, you can also think and make a specific silhouette yourself. I will use this tools in this lesson, a camera tripod, a camera with a white angle length lens, a fiber optic light, and a let rod, and of course, a dark environment. It will be useful for the person who operates the lamp to wear black clothing. Black reflects the least or not at all. This way, the reflection prevent you from standing on it yourself. It is important when working with people to remain as still as possible. So pay attention how long you set your shutter speed. As the previous lesson, I also showed you the results and my settings. This way, you can see what I do and what the results are with the settings and try it yourself. Before we start, I have a general tip for working with this technique. It is nice to set your camera to the self timer. To take the photo, you press the camera, which may cause movement in your photo. By setting it to the self timer, you do not touch the camera, and therefore, your camera does not move when the shutter is open. So let's go to location. Whoa. I'm curious about your results and creativity. This was your first creative lesson, and hopefully you were able to put your skills to the test right away. In the next lesson, we will continue with another cool creative lesson. So I hope to see you there. Thank you for watching and hope to see you in the next lesson. 4. Face Light Painting: Welcome to the Lesson face Llight painting. Well, face Llight painting is what I call this technique. This is what we are going to do in this lesson. It always gives a great and unique atmosphere to your photos. It would be nice if you also followed lesson two for the extra trips and tricks I gave you in this lesson. The supplies we need is a camera with white angle length lens and camera tripod and this cool fiber optic light, a dark environment. And a chair with back rest so your model can sit comfortably and as still as possible. And lots of fun, of course. Just as explained in the previous lesson, it is important when working with people to remain as still as possible. So pay attention to how long to set your shutter speed. Your model has to remain still for that long. As in the previous lesson, I also show the results and my settings. This way, you can see what I do and what the results is so that you can try it yourself. Before we start, I want to say this again, too. It may be nice to set your camera on the self time to take the photo. When you press your camera, your camera always will move. By setting it to the self timer, you do not touch the camera, and therefore, your camera does not move when the shutter is open. All right. We will move this lamp over the model's face. Let's hit the studio. Thank you for watching, and hopefully, I see you in the next lesson. This class will be super exciting and this is for those who like trill. I see you in the next lesson. Thank you. 5. Creative Sparks: Nice that you are still here. This class will be a bit more exciting and there is a bit more for those who enjoy a little bit of Adrlin. Just a little side note. This lesson is at your own risk. This is what we are going to make. Cool, huh? Sparks will fly around so be prepared. The supplies for the lessons are fine steel wool, Whisk with an eye for tying a rope or tread, a rope or iron ra safety glasses for you and you have the courage to wave lighter, a bucket of water, a flashlight on location, a dark environment, a well considered location, choose a place where this is possible and not in the middle of a forest with warm weather. You are supposed to choose the finest to wool available. This is indicated by four zeros on the packaging because it's the best to light up. Separate the wool slightly and then put it in the whisk. Light the wool and wave it around very well. Before you light the wool, make sure you have everything ready. You can test the camera settings with a flash light first. If the camera is set correctly, you can position the model properly. The model can light the wool and start waving. Once the wool is lit and the waving start, you can take the photos, make sure you both wear safety goggles and long sleeve clothing that is fire resistant. Sparkles will fly around. That is why it's always good to walk backwards wall swinging. Again, this is at your own risk. Okay. Thank you for watching. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Good luck, and hopefully, I see you in the next lesson. Bye bye. 6. Dance with Light: Welcome to the Lesson dancing with Light. It's great that you're still here. Hopefully, you've already been able to take some great photos and are starting to get a hang of it. Light painting. In this lesson, we will dance with Light. This is what we are going to do in this lesson. The supplies for this lessons are a camera with white angle lang, flans, tripod, a light saber or eloated light source, and a little bit of endurance. Keep in mind to use the timer, and of course, I will show my ss again with the settings. Let's go straight to the location and dance with light. Re. There are many other ways to use this technique. For example, think of passing cars with light drawing the canvas on the road. You can also write names, quate letters, and much more. I would say tuy difty sparkle. I hope you learned a lot from this course, had a lot of fun, and above all, we're inspired to create beautiful images. Thank you for taking my light painting course, and I hope to see you in another chorus. Thank you very much and have a great day.