Indoor Light Painting
Table Top Light Painting
Table top light painting is such a fun way to get great lighting without using expensive lighting gear. All you need is a camera, tripod, and a flash light. For each of these photos I used a long exposure from 2 seconds all the way up to 30 seconds. I kept my ISO down at 100 so I wouldn’t catch any light noise from the background.
Giraffe Light Painting
By the Seaside
Toy Truck
The Old Jewelery Box
Telephone
Clarinet Light Painting
Camera and Flowers Light Painting
Macro Light Painting
For the photos of the keys and the lock, I used a Tokina macro lens. I didn’t get as close as I could have, but I was able to use the low F-stop of 2.8 on the keys and lock image. I had an F-stop of 11 for the hanging key because I wanted the shadow to be slightly in focus as well. I only had my shutter open for 2 seconds on these photos because there wasn’t as much to paint.
Hanging Key
Keys and the Lock
I really enjoy close up, indoor light painting because I can get really unique lighting and I don’t own any expensive gear, so a flash light goes a long way. I had my good friend and fellow photographer Douglas Phan choose the best composed light painting images.
My teacher, boss, and good friend Caryn Esplin is a master at indoor light painting and you can learn her secrets too!
Lindsey, I am really impressed with the composition of your light painting images! You are so creative in your work! Every image has a composition different from the other. I love the angle that you took the sea shell image, and the shadow that shows up behind the key watch, and I love that you incorporated the light trails in the image with the truck, and I love that you added the flowers next to the camera. Such beautiful work! Check out Doug Phan’s table top light paintings at http://www.douglasphan.com/creative-lighting-table-top-light-painting/
Lindsey! I love your light painting photography. I especially love the ones you got on that wooden stump. It adds a nice flare to your photos. Light painting is so much fun cause you can really see people’s own creativity. Great job!
I also got a cool light painting shot of some jewelry on my blog post if you wanna check it out here: http://www.soundsprettyheavy.com/indoor-light-painting/
Great job Lindsey! I can’t wait to see more. 🙂
You’re so talented, Lindsey! I love your pictures. My favorite is the giraffe. I just love that giraffe. It’s always fun to see what people come up with when it comes to it. I also enjoyed seeing the other ones. It’s interesting to see the lock and key and the reflection of it. Great Job!
Here’s a link to Johnna’s indoor lightpainting:
http://www.johnnamcgarrah.com/indoor-light-painting/
Lindsey! These look so great! I love your lighting choices, especially the giraffe and the hanging key! Your placement of lights and shadows is choice. Be sure to check out my own post for indoor light painting here: http://www.korahjo.com/light-painting-indoor/