Comments on: A Fun Light Painting Project – Parabolas

By: Szymon Kamczyk

Szymon Kamczyk — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:16:06 +0000

Hello, there are my photos. Greetings from Poland!

http://ska7.digart.pl/

By: Carly Broaddus

Carly Broaddus — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:20:32 +0000

So I finally had to try this as well. It looked so cool!

For the second picture, I attached a pen to the middle of the string to change the way the bottom light swung.

I focused the camera on the pen in normal light, and then switched it to manual focus so it wouldn’t try to focus in the dark. I used f/11 and f/13 for my shots. Thanks for a great article!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8145550@N04/4092189946/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8145550@N04/4092189694/

By: Javier Pais

Javier Pais — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:33:21 +0000

Finally I’ve tried…

http://casadalourensa.es/fotos/picture.php?/3768
http://casadalourensa.es/fotos/picture.php?/3766
http://casadalourensa.es/fotos/picture.php?/3767

By: Cam

Cam — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:51:32 +0000

Cool idea! I tried it with a patio umbrella light(ring of LEDs) swinging from a hook. taped some gel filters to it as well
http://gallery.me.com/cammc#100031/IMG_5333
and
http://gallery.me.com/cammc#100031/IMG_5328

Hope the links work.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:40:13 +0000

Stefano, thanks for the encouragement! I did keep working on it and I got a couple I’m happy with. Thank you.
http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/big.asp?photoID=9053892&catID=&style=&rowNumber=1&memberID=45599

By: Dameon

Dameon — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:52:57 +0000

My first try at light painting.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbracks/3946876510/

By: Stefano

Stefano — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:48:12 +0000

Hello Vicki,

the flashlight can be straight or “somehow” straight. It does not matter too much.
Make it move, don’t be afraid. When I tried I used about 5 ft string and the flashlight oscillation was around 1-2ft.
Exposure around 10 to 40 seconds
Don’t give up. Try again.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:45:46 +0000

Ok, I tried it and I got NOTHING like what you all are showing. Does the flashlight have to be hanging absolutely straight down (because mine has a “handle” that’s on one side so it hangs a little crooked)? My results are tiny on a large black field and very little movement…more like a big smear of light. Any suggestions? I love the idea and some of your results. Help a sister out! Thanks!

By: A Deeper Blue

A Deeper Blue — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:51:25 +0000

I finally tried it,,,, http://www.flickr.com/photos/adeeperblue/3933375948/

By: JacquiJSB

JacquiJSB — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:24:43 +0000

Loved doing this project. Really good results with a few pieces of equipment and a little bit of patience.

Some amazing effects can be created. Here are a few on my experiments:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41204569@N06/

Thanks