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Community => Art => Topic started by: idolminds on Thursday, April 03, 2008, 04:45:35 PM
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I saw a page the other night that had a lot of cool examples of this. Basically, you take a long exposure photo and move lights around while its being taken. Doing this, you can make words or pictures in light. I wanted to try this last night, but got into FFXII and sorta forgot. And tonight its raining, so I can't really do it outside. So I did a test photo facing the mantle. While it was still light out. And hey, it still worked!
(http://lh3.google.com/idolminds/R_ViroU7i2I/AAAAAAAAATw/N-Y6OrYBupc/s800/Picture%20231.jpg) (http://picasaweb.google.com/idolminds/Misc/photo#5185159047686097762)
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That's cool man, I love that stuff. What kind of light did you use?
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Haha, kickass! All the photos you shared with me the other day were great. Can't wait to see you try some more.
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Belmont, I just used a cheapy flashlight. I also tried using a laser pointer to draw on stuff, but it didnt look good with as much light as I had. Has to be really dark for that.
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When I took photography in high school, a guest student teacher came in and showed us a little bit about doing this kind of thing. You can also get a cool effect if you have a portable flash by walking around and setting it off in different locations. In a very dark room it would be the only illumination and you can get very interesting illumination. I've always wanted to try it, but never have had a good camera that can take a long exposure.
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Sweet!
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Cool stuff. There was a commercial a few months ago that used the same effect
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Yeah, it was a couple commercials. Ironically for some stupid cell phone company. They were cool, though.
EDIT - found 'em!
This one establishes the concept (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xinjPt7yhc) ...
... then this one does something awesome with it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFAraOKgudQ).
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do me do md
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It's called "light painting". It's a cool technique.