Light Graffiti

Uglulyx Takes Photos Too · May 26, 2008

http://www.digitalpicturezone.com/digital-pictures/25-amazing-light-graffiti-pictures/

Anyone even try this?? Any tips?

Rogan · May 26, 2008

ive troied playing with lights in this way

but jeeez these must have taken some skill,

i cudnt even write someones name properly!

EDIT**

just looked at them all properly. these are truly amazing :|

KOrmechea · May 26, 2008

All you need is a long shutter speed, a small light source (flashlight, LED, etc), and some time to mess around/experiment.

Joves · May 26, 2008

I can do maybe some circles and straight lines. I admire people who can do those shots.

elemental · May 26, 2008

Sometimes this tagging is not even possible with spray paints.

You need to set your camera with faster shutter speed

Great pictures, but the article makes no sense.

I have messed around with this type of thing, but nothing this ambitious. I like experimenting with the textures and things in a more abstract way, which I guess is different. This is the kind of thing I played around with a little when it was too cold to go outside for night pictures:

At what point does "light painting" become "light graffiti?" When it's trendy?

KOrmechea · May 26, 2008

I like the examples on THIS page.

Pretty cool stuff.

PhilGarber · May 27, 2008

aww.. All this time I thought I was original:greenpbl:

I've tried writing the letter 'P'.. :drool:

PhilGarber · May 27, 2008

WoW! Just looked at the actual photos...those are amazing!:hail::cheer::cheer:

ir0n_ma1den · May 27, 2008

Hehe, I just posted some 'light graffiti' pictures. http://thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124723

These were random though, I would really like to plan 'em out, looks very cool. Mine were very simple also, All i did was take 30 second shots at 10:00PM while in a car moving the camera around.

chrisburke · May 28, 2008

so I've never tried this until tonight, when i read this post... maybe someone can tell me how to fix this.... I put the camera on Aperture mode.. and i set the f to 22 (highest it will go) i take the picture, and the light works fine... i'm able to do the drawing.. however, my face is all blury... now.. I looked in the mirror, and i don't seem to have a blury face.. so it's obvously something i'm doing wrong...

Uglulyx Takes Photos Too · May 28, 2008

Wow that's a cool shot. I really got to try this some time. But I'm also hoping for a thunder storm so I can take some lightning pictures.

McQueen278 · May 28, 2008

My contributions.

ir0n_ma1den · May 28, 2008

anyone want to give specific directions on this?

When I try it It gets quit noisy.

McQueen278 · May 28, 2008

Use the lowest ISO you have then. I used 400 on mine and it worked well enough, but you may want to use 100. Use f/22 aperture, and somewhere north of 10 second shutter speed. Also the 10 sec timer is quite useful here.