Light Painting How To |  |
- Light Painting How To
- Chaos in Brazil: Hit the Streets with this Talented & Brave Photojournalist
- Milky Way Crossing Over the Night Sky Captured with Timelapse Photography
- Commercial High-Speed Photography Demonstrations
| Posted: 18 Jun 2013 04:34 PM PDT Final Reminder: Only 1 day left! in the deal on: Light Painted Night Photography Guide Lapp or Light Art Performance Photography is a style in which you literally paint your pictures with light. If you own a digital SLR camera or even a Lomo camera, this could easily be you’re new favorite hobby! The crazy part is, Lapp is created with only one picture. There isn’t any photoshop skills needed, by simply grabbing a flashlight you will create spectacular works of art:  “Light Painting!” captured by Priscilla Reichard (Click Image to See More From Priscilla Reichard) Tools you will need:
Now here’s how to create simple photo paintings. Start by getting all the camera settings correct for the scene you are going to paint. It could be real tricky to get the lighting correct the first couple tries, but will become easier after your first successful photo painting! First start planning on what you want to create whether it be a light globe, a sentence or name and so on. Having the shutter open for extended periods of time means you will have to pay close attention on how much light you are feeding the sensor. Big objects like globes spanning from head to toe will produce huge amounts of light even if you are able to finish the picture in under 60 seconds. For beginners we recommend starting with a completely dark room (even small lights like computers, or your phone charging light will end up ruining your photo) Once you learned all the variables with of painting with the light, then try different outside scenes with surrounding light. Setting the Aperture - with such extremely long shutter speeds, means you will need to dial up the aperture setting very high, you want the least amount of light hitting the sensor to counter the long shutter. Usually any aperture above f/8 will work. I know it feels weird using such a high aperture in the middle of a dark room but don’t forget you can always post edit the image to increase or decrease exposure. ISO – as iso settings go for all circumstances the lower is always the better, same goes with light painting photography. Experiment by taking a couple sample shots and try lowering the iso as much as you could. Shutter speed- For the first couple LAPP shots try shutter speeds of a couple seconds and try just scribbling with your flashlight. Then you can quickly adjust the ISO, and Aperture according to what you plan to paint. Once the photos are looking better and you want more time to draw your photograph move to the bulb setting on your DSLR.  “Blue Steel” captured by Sonja Yearsley (Click Image to See More From Sonja Yearsley) There are a couple more tips that will help tremendously Always keep the light dead strait towards the lens, if you curve your hand and point it sideways (trying to add depth) the camera wont pick it up. Make sure to have the light in front of you and not step in front of it, if you do end up stepping in front of your light it will make a silhouette of yourself! ALWAYS spell everything backwards like if you were writing in a mirror, that’s the trickiest part is learning to write every letter backwards. That’s about all it takes to create mind blowing Lapp paintings that will expand you’re creativity, and your portfolio! About the Author: For Further Training, Deal Ending in 1 Day:Author Troy Paiva has been creating light painted night photography in abandoned locations and junkyards since 1989. Over the last twelve years his photo projects have gone viral repeatedly, spawning millions of viewers. He has finally written this light painting “how to” book. It explains in full detail his easy to learn techniques for creating elaborate studio-style lighting effects with a few simple flashlights and a single, pocket-sized strobe. We have a deal on it which ends soon! Found here: Light Painted Night Photography Guide Go to full article: Light Painting How To |
| Chaos in Brazil: Hit the Streets with this Talented & Brave Photojournalist Posted: 18 Jun 2013 03:21 PM PDT There is currently a great amount of unrest in Brazil. Police officers barricade the streets as protesters riot with flags and shouts of discontent, cans of tear gas are thrown into the crowds to keep them at bay, and more and more of the stories are coming out as photographers take to the streets and record the violent actions taking place. One photographer, Michel de Souza, has filmed himself taking photos in the middle of all the conflict (for those of you reading this by email, the video can be seen here): It appears he is using a Canon 5D Mark III armed with the Canon 16-35 f/2.8 and Canon 70-200 f/2.8 IS lenses. Amidst the fire, flags, and fearful citizens, a number of photographers also run rampant through the city capturing videos and stills of the panic that surrounds them. You can see that they are none too shy to get up close and personal with the protesters and police alike, but a certain amount of precaution must be taken in situations like these. If you ever find yourself in a serious situation such as this one, remember these things:
 Protesters holding hands in front of a line of police officers  Though the people outnumber the police, the police outgun the people  Protesters offering flowers to the officers Thanks for showing us what photojournalism is all about. Stay safe out there Go to full article: Chaos in Brazil: Hit the Streets with this Talented & Brave Photojournalist |
| Milky Way Crossing Over the Night Sky Captured with Timelapse Photography Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:58 PM PDT Today we bring you a stunning 360° timelapse over the night skies of the Paranal Observatory in the Atacama desert in Chile. This beautiful HD timelapse shows the other side of the Milky Way “rising and setting”. The fisheye perspective gives you a full view of the sky and I highly recommend watching thing video in HD and fullscreen (for those of you reading this by email, the timelapse video can be seen here): Doing The MathIf you want to do a night sky timelapse of your own, you’re going to have to do a little math. Here are a few equations to help you out: The 500 Rule The 500 rule is a guide for avoiding star streaks in your photos. To ensure sharp starry night photos, simply take 500 and divide by the focal length of your lens. This will give you the maximum shutter speed that you can use without seeing star streaks across your image. So, for example, if you have a 24mm lens, 500/24 = 21 seconds. This means any photo you take that’s 21 seconds or less will appear sharp. Remember to factor in your camera’s crop ratio. If you have a 1.5x crop sensor, you’ll need to convert it to its full frame equivalent. Figuring Out Framerates You’ll need to figure out how many photos you need to take and at what frequency. This will depend on how long you shoot for and how long you want your video to be. So let’s say you’ll be shooting for 6 hours to be condensed into 3 minutes. There are two standard framerates: 24fps and 30fps, but we’ll go with 30 just to make the math easier. So to break it down, you want a 3 minute video which is 180 seconds. Showing the video at a standard 30 photos per second, this means you’ll need to take 5,400 photos. (That’s a lot of photos.) Now, you have 6 hours to shoot, which is 360 minutes. So 5,400 photos divided by 360 minutes equals 15 photos per minute (Via Slate & Petapixel)  The other side of the Milky Way For Further Training on Time-lapse Photography:There is an in-depth guide (146 pages) to shooting, processing and rendering time-lapses using a dslr camera. It can be found here: Time-lapse Photography Guide Go to full article: Milky Way Crossing Over the Night Sky Captured with Timelapse Photography |
| Commercial High-Speed Photography Demonstrations Posted: 18 Jun 2013 11:13 AM PDT Beautiful, Clean, Simple, and Bold: These are a few of the words that describe Karl Taylor’s photographic work. For over 15 years, Taylor has been doing photography work, the most popular and successful of which has been his commercial images. His work is minimalistic, yet engaging. The camera shown is a Hasselblad H4D-50 used in combination with high-speed strobes (for those of you reading this by email, the video can be seen here): Beyond Taylor’s commercial and advertising photography, he has also begun giving live demonstrations at photography exhibitions. At the recent Focus on Imaging Show, Taylor gave a demonstration of high-speed flash photography with his Hasselblad and a Broncolor Scorro pack. The demo involved smashing two wine glasses together. As you can see in the video, the show was very popular, and for good reason. Too many vendors at shows focus on displaying their products and giving out information rather than showing what you can do with the product and teaching the show goers something new that they can use.  A staple in Taylor’s photography is high-speed images with colorful paints  A large group of people gather to watch Taylor’s high-speed photography demo of smashing two wine glasses together Taylor’s demonstration is practical and, even if may be a bit beyond the means of most photographers gearwise, it inspires. Go to full article: Commercial High-Speed Photography Demonstrations |
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