Post 8: Night & Light

Night Graffiti

 

Light Painting

Blurred Lights

Camera Motion

Night Graffiti. 6/10/2011. 10:58pm. Rexburg, ID. ƒ/2.8; 8.0. Canon Powershot SD500.

Light Painting. 6/10/2011. 10:33pm. Rexburg, ID. ƒ/2.8; 15.0. Canon Powershot SD500.

Blurred Lights. 6/10/2011. 11:18pm. Rexburg, ID. ƒ/2.8; 4.0. Canon Powershot SD500.

Camera Motion. 6/10/2011. 11:41pm. Rexburg, ID. ƒ/2.8; 4.0. Canon Powershot SD500.

I was really excited to do this project but I never knew how hard it is to time everything right while using an external light source the right way. I had to try multiple times to get the look I was going for. Once I got the shot I wanted for each of these, I wanted to use Photomatix (single photo) option and I got really good results. A little better than Camera Raw. For the blurred lights, I photomerged multiple shots together. For the night graffiti, I used a cell phone for the light and combined two images together. One is a heart and the other is random. I used pin light to blend them together. For camera motion, I wasn't sure exactly what I was suppose to do or what it should look like. So this is what I ended up with. Kind of similar to the light painting but a bit more blurred from the motion of the camera, of course. I had fun with this.