Painting with light

Painting with light is a technique that resembles the act of scratching a dark canvas and finding out what is beneath the surface. It is experimental (at least for me) and you never know exactly what you will get. Thus the fun.

This picture above for example was taken at night in the old Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. Armed with two flash lights and a solid tripod, I literally “painted” with my flashlight the monument and the vase with layers of light, while my camera was recording the information with a long exposure (30 seconds).   The challenges are to function in the dark, find the appropriate exposure settings on your camera and to not trip on your own equipment!

More pictures on my Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29575339@N05/.

Thanks to Judith Pishnery for leading the workshop.