Inspiration in Light Art: Photos, Videos, and Guides
As designers we are always looking for inspiration. Sometimes it is hard to find a source of inspiration outside of the internet and in the real world. Today I’ve brought to you a form of inspiration I love, light art.
Light art is defined by Wikipedia as a photographic technique in which exposures are made usually at night or in a darkened room by moving a light source or by moving the camera.
Quick Nav:
Photo Inspiration
Video Inspiration
Mount Hood, Highway 35 Time Lapse from blaine franger on Vimeo.
Stars and Planes from Sam Javanrouh on Vimeo.
Friday Night Lights from edvard brun on Vimeo.
Sprint “Light Trail” Dir. Snorri Brothers from Keith on Vimeo.
Light Animation from jyoti on Vimeo.
Light Ripple from Jason Eppink on Vimeo.
Tutorials
So you want to learn how to produce some awesome Light Art of your own? Here are a few tutorials:
Learning Light Painting from Abduzeedo
Christopher Hibbert discusses details ranging from basic information to the tools, camera settings, light, and technique. This post is a great resource!
Painting with Light
DIYPhotography outlines the camera, tripod, location, and what kind of light you will need to capture light art. The post goes into detail about different ways to capture light art and different areas you can experiment with.
Drawing in the Dark Photography Tutorial
This post gives you hints as to what ISO and shutter speed to use. The author also gives a few examples that he took as he learned the best way to tackle this method.
Your turn!
That’s a wrap. Now it’s your turn to go out and create your own light art. I hope you enjoyed the inspiration and if you have any of your own photos you’d like to share be sure to post them in the comments below!
19 Comments
Beautiful pictures. Great!
Flag as inappropriateWow … really cool vids. Ligh painting is awsome! Thanks for sharing
Flag as inappropriateWow its so beautiful and amazing collection and videos is awesome……mind-blowing artworks…
Flag as inappropriateLoving the one with the light bulb as the main focus. Really clever. Cheers for the inspiration guys
Flag as inappropriateThank you for this post :)
Flag as inappropriateThanks for this post – some really creative photos. Clever!
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Flag as inappropriateI saw them live and I must say, it’s taking this whole lightpainting concept to a brand new level.
Great post . Thanks157
Flag as inappropriateGreat post . Thanks150
Flag as inappropriateThanks for your post , Great post.
Flag as inappropriatethank kha
Flag as inappropriateI really love it….amazing
Flag as inappropriateCome on guys, post some photos, i’d like to see more of these :-)
Flag as inappropriateI love the one with the light emerging from the guys mouth. Really awesome works :)
Flag as inappropriatethese are great luminography examples
Flag as inappropriateBarfing rainbows! Hooray!
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