LL7 – painting with light

The class assignment today was to “paint with light”. Painting with light is simply capturing an image of light in motion. In order to successfully paint with light, one must use a tripod, camera, and some sort of light source (flashlight, LED light etc..). The photographer must set their camera on a tripod because to capture the movement of light, the shutter speed must be slowed down anywhere from 2-8 seconds. Since humans and our subjects are bound to move, a tripod is ideal for this project. Also when using the light source, the movement of the light source must be fast not slow; if not the light source would appear very faded and dimmed in the final result. What made this image successful was the light and subject interacting with one another. The light source becomes closed on both ends due to my hands. Another factor that helped with this was the color of the light. Because of the green on my shirt, the green light works  harmoniously and creates a relationship with the subject and light.