Light painting tutorial - Camera settings for creative photos - Kingston indieHACK Ep. 4
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Create light painting night photography using readily available items like toys and Christmas lights. Light painting lets you create unique photographs that make a statement. Learn how to adjust your camera’s settings to take long exposures of various moving light sources for an interesting light art effect. Learn how to light paint with a string of lights, create a light orb and even learn portrait light painting.
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This is really hard. Hi, I'm Khail Anonymous, and welcome again to Kingston's indieHACK. On today's episode of indieHACK, we'll be teaching you how to do light painting. Look, Mom, a Jedi. So, what is light painting? It's essentially a photographic technique in which you take a very long exposure photo with the moving light source or sources and it creates a cool laser effect.
It's fun, it's creative and it's actually pretty easy to set up. To get started you'll need three things. A camera, so your DSLR or even you smart phone, a mount to keep those shots steady, so a tripod or those binder clips we showed you in episode one. And lastly a light source that you can easily move around.
So a flashlight, any of these cool things, or the light from your smartphone. And don't forget to load up your camera with some reliable memory. We're gonna be using this guy today, Kingston's SDXC class 10 card, it's great for photos and HD video. Next you're gonna wanna make some changes to your camera settings.
Make sure your camera is on manual mode, and set your exposure time between 10 and 30 seconds. Next set your iSO to 100, and your F stop between f/8 and f/22. Make sure to manually focus your camera before you start shooting. Then turn off all your lights, and you're ready to go.
Now, take a picture, and during your camera's long exposure, write a word or draw a symbol or just any crazy thing that comes to your mind. Have fun, and mess around with the settings, so you can really perfect your light paint. Now that you've perfected the basics of light painting, It's time to try out some of these tricks.
This first hack we call the string light stick. Simply get some string lights, and then something to attach it to whether it be a rod or a ruler, and then grab some tape, attach your string lights to the rod or ruler, and make sure to evenly space them out.
Make sure they're facing the same direction. Set up your camera, and start taking photos. It's gonna make these really cool streak patterns for you. Next up is the light or grab your string lights and tape them together in a bunch. Then find a center point on the floor by putting down a quarter or something.
Then put your hand over that point and stay in that point as you rotate around swinging your string lights. It should create a pretty cool orb effect. This next trick is called Portrait Light Painting. This all allow you to add a subject to your light painting. So you can come up with some pretty cool shots with the same setup as a basic light painting only you'll need a second light source And a friend to help you out.
Pick a subject. It could be an inanimate object, it could be your friend, and then focus on your subject before you turn out the lights. What you should get is an image with a subject surrounded by really cool light streaks. Now that you've learned all these tricks, try and combine them and make some really cool light painting photos.
So that's our episode on light painting. It's a fun and easy hack you can do with your friends and it'll make some really awesome photos. So get out there and try it out. And don't forget to subscribe to the Kingston channel for more indieHACK episodes. See you guys next time.
Thank you for a quick and to-the-point video! I can't wait to experiment.
Our pleasure!
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thanks, this really helped for my photography class and open my third eye and now i'm gonna do this all the time
one of the few RUclips ads that made me sub, congrats! and great job khail!
Awesome. Looking forward to trying this with the kids, just in time for those long dark winter evenings.
Thank you so much this helped loads!
This gave me a lot of new ideas! Thanks Kingston!
Great video. Quick and easy to start to make some light painting.
OMG I haven't seen Khail since the old Machinima days lol
Khail is awesome!
Don't you do any post to remove the subjects etc?
Dude great tutorial. Totally enjoyed it. Keep it up!
i love these , really very helpful please give so more tips about light painting ! hope for positive reply ; 😅
Wow.....
Lots of magical tricks
very good tutorial keep up the good work!
This looks really cool!!!
Nice tricks. Tried some of them with Mobile flash. Thanks for tips
Informative!!!
When do you press the button for the photo? After you draw with the light? Or before?
Tanvee k I believe it’s before as his shutter speed is on 20-30-35 so it’s open for a really long time you can capture a lot of the light 💡 hope this helps
Thank you very much!
Can u tell me again how you get the person clear with the camera setting being on 40 seconds? First light on and then off?
Nice video - I tried some light painting a few weeks ago with a friend. I only have a small Sony RX100 so not exactly a professional DSLR but oh well. I had my friend in a dark room and he was using different light sources (a lighter for example) to paint around him, however in the image, he would be visible and you could see his arm movements/body movements so the photo didn't look so great. Any suggestions?
+oli3659 Light can't fall on the person with the light. works best if you use your phone (can tone up and down the light intensity). Light points away from the person holding it, but towards the camera lens.
I don't understand how the face is exposed? When I take light painting photos I can only see the light movement not the subject 😕
You can shine some light on the subject, with an off camera flash or sth
Yea me too
Hi thanks for the vid. Today I've seen similar methods but on the final results the chap manipulating the light isn't seen. Now I know he manipulated the light source and the background can be seen but how does he keep himself out of the final image? I'm thinking as it's long exposure he's never in the frame long enough for the camera to pick him up?
very nice
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What light stick/sabers did you use? I've been looking for some and haven't been able to find any good ones as of yet. Thanks
we literally used a cheap $5 lightsaber knockoff from walmart. I found the "tiny lights" on a stick in DTLA, in Santee alley shopping area.
You can also use these and connect to a stick!
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Pourras-tu faire un test global de cette caméra, je suis curieux de voir la qualité de vidéo et photo ainsi que les modes comparer à la gopro, je n'en trouve pas sur RUclips ! Merci
in case set the exposure time as 10 seconds，please explain how I can make the portrait face not blur.
Hoping for the same info myself.
Ive watched at least 7 videos and all of them have been very helpful just when i go tot take the picture it only take one picture it doesn't take the picture for 30 seconds or 5 or whatever setting i have it on ive tried evrything.
I have this problem: when I shot in the dark with 30s shutter time, ISO 100 and f1/18 the photo is totally black with the track of the light. If I turn on the light to be part of the shot the photo with the same setting is totally overexposes (of course). How can I do the trick? to draw with light? two shots combined in post production? Are there any settings that am I missing? thanks a lot!!
YO THATS KHAIL FROM ETC LIKE 4 YEARS AGO YOOOOOOOOO
Can we do the same thing with iPhone too?
Yes
Try getting the nightcap app
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Can you make a vid showing how to do it on your phone?
Your phone has to have a setting of exposure time at least 10seconds, and ISO 100-ish...The rest is the same, put the phone on a stable platform, press the shutter and get creative with the light sources.
great subbed!
So i came across this video because im in isolation right now and relearning photography..
I was wondering if a star wars lightsaber would work instead of buying the expensive one.
Thing is, how do you get rid of yourself from behind the light cos I just want it by itself
Hi . Question- I want to paint around couple on wedding day , plus I want to use flash to frozen them .so - should I paint around them first and use flash after ( by putting second curtain mode on flash ) or should I flash them and then paint around ( first curtain more on flash ) . All this will do on long exposure ( in one go ) . Thanks need answers asap . Love you all who can help !
Did you figure it out in time?
what camera did you use in this video?
Okay this may sound like a dumb question i am just starting out using DSLR but i learn fast but when shooting these light paintings how do you get your self out of the image do you photo shop that later or due to the shutter speed it doesn't capture the person holding the light
Update I'm a lot better now and learn a lot of in camera techniques and tips and tricks . Further more you do not need F.22 for light painting unless your in a bright area you can go down to 2.8 or up to F.9 -22 anywhere to find your proper exposure there are no one all end all settings for any light painting as each room and environment are different and offer different things you have to compensate for . Maybe your room or studio is darker then mine or vice versa then F .22 won't for you you would have to tinker with your settings to find your best look
I have the same question
can I do light painting with my canon powershot Sx60hs
Is manual focus before the shoot the only way to go? I'm doing this by myself so what i've been doing was to set my camera on 2 second delay after hitting the shutter button so I can run into place and start painting. The issue I'm running into is that my camera COULD NOT focus on anything because it was too dark and therefore I could not hit the shutter button to get the whole process going.
Here is what I would recommend: Most lenses have the switch that enables either autofocus mode or manual focus. With the lights on, autofocus your lens for the shot, then, without changing the focus, switch the lens to manual focus and turn the lights back off. From there, start your shutter (two seconds doesn't seem long enough, most cameras allow for longer) and get into your position and simply wait. By doing it this way you can guarantee that your shot will have the focus that you want.
Thank you!!!
what camera he's using please?
Whenever I do light paint, my camera can't focus anymore. I have to turn off the camera and then turn it back on. Only then, it will focus. Is this supposed to happen?
Is the GoPro Hero 3+ Silver edition good camera for light painting? If it is what settings should I use?
+Jontuzz Dood, if a bloody smartphone can do it, I promise you, that your GoPro will be able to do amazing pictures
+GusenbauerAffe Okey, thanks! I didn't realise that. I need to try to do some light painting with my GoPro!
Jontuzz You're welcome, i'm sure there are tutorials on how to do that with your GoPro on yt, just look 'em up ;)
Whenever I have my subject swing around a light my subject looks VERY blurry and ghost like, but the lights look great. How can I fix it to where my subject doesnt look blurry
use a external flash and flash your subject before you finish the photo. ;)
how about on phone?
How do you click these photos with an iPhone
Can i use the Bulb Function too?
+NoobArtz/free intros ;) It is actually one of the best shutter modes to use.
I keep getting body trail how should I stop it?
Weren't you from machinima
Hey plzz tell how to add subject in light painting with phone plzzz
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what dslr did you use? and can this be achived on a gopro?
yes, on night photo mode
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I want to light paint so bad right now...
How do you take a pic if your in front of the camera ?..
self timer or remote shutter release
How can I avoid being blurred in the photo? 😐 it always happenes to me while light paiting
I assume not moving. Not sure.
can you do it with a phone?
I watched this in school
How can you put your iPhone in the right settings
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Wasn't really clear on how to do this with iphone...Can anyone help?
There is an app called shutter cam
Can you go a little bit deeper for beginners I am unable to understand
can you it with android
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Doesn't work 😟
The lowest my camera goes is 200 i have a Nikon d300
No idea this donot help me
I have to take many shot or single shot
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