Skillshare student Mika Tal said: "This light painting class by Warren was really good and entertaining. Straight to the point and with lots of examples. Really good.

This course will teach you the amazing art of light painting photography.

Specifically using a torch (or flashlight) to “paint” the light onto your photograph.

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All you need to produce these great images is a torch and a camera that can shoot long exposures of 1 second or more. When you are “painting” the light onto your scene, you are in total control over how the scene is lit. You can “paint” more light into specific areas. You can control the spread and the direction of the light. You can even control the colour of the light in your photograph.

You can be light painting tonight. You will need a relatively dark environment, a subject that doesn’t move and a stable camera position. Using a long shutter speed and shooting in relative darkness allows you to light your subject in a multitude of different ways.

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This technique will give you unique images. Each image you take will be different. Like any photographic technique it is only limited by your own imagination.

You can combine light painting with other techniques such as on camera flash, off camera flash, astronomical photography, in-camera movement and creative subject movement. You can create ghost images, multiple images or in-camera montages. You can shoot landscapes, people, still life, buildings plus more.

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Like any photographic technique, you will get better with practice but you can get great images sooner than you think.

In this class, I will explain the principles of light painting. I will also explain the process of taking the images. You will get many tips and ideas in this class. You will also see some “behind the scenes” videos of a light painting shoot so you can see the images being created.

Robbie Urquhart

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