I recently took a photography class with Ken Hubbard,
and one of the aspects covered in the class was
photographing at night with slow shutter speeds
while using a light to paint a subject.
ISO 400, F 5.6, 30 sec, shot in RAW on tripod.
In this photo, I placed a flashlight inside the cabin for the entire exposure.
My friend used another flashlight to 'paint' the cabin
to add some light to it.
To paint, take your flashlight and
shine it over the subject evenly,
in this case, the cabin.
Back and forth, or up and down,
so you get even light on the subject.
We experimented a bit with both
exposure times and 'paint times.'
In this case, the person painting,
walked into the photo to paint,
but because he kept moving
you can't see him in the photo.
Here is a video that might help.
http://vimeo.com/22776262
To paint, take your flashlight and
shine it over the subject evenly,
in this case, the cabin.
Back and forth, or up and down,
so you get even light on the subject.
We experimented a bit with both
exposure times and 'paint times.'
In this case, the person painting,
walked into the photo to paint,
but because he kept moving
you can't see him in the photo.
Here is a video that might help.
http://vimeo.com/22776262
In post processing,
I changed the white balance to Shade
because it added that awesome warm sky.
(Which I like, but also recognize you may not.
And that's OK.)
And that's OK.)
I also ran it through a Noiseware Plug-in
to get rid of that nasty digital noise.
Now that I have some basics down,
I can't wait to try this again!
Who's with me?
