Photos by: Tom Speropulos, painting with light...
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Photo Glossary
Q. What is painting with light?
A. This capture technique is done in the dark, with the camera on a tripod and shutter speeds measured in full seconds, if not minutes. It's called "painting," because you typically move a light source like a painter moving a brush across a canvas. Using continuous light sources produces lines of light that outline or encircle a subject. These brush strokes can also draw an object, a geometric shape or pattern, or words. Alternatively, photographers who paint with instantaneous flash often add gels for color and highlight objects in a scene such as building façades or trees against a dark sky. Either way, you generally hold open the shutter on the Bulb setting and dress in black (even the light housing—the grip of a flashlight, for example—should be black) to prevent your light painting from becoming a self-portrait.
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