How I create simple tools for light painting
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NIKON Z 5
CANON EF16-35mm ƒ4L IS USM
ISO 100 I 16mm I ƒ5.6 I 274 s
Making Of
How was the cover picture created? Three steps were necessary to achieve this result.
First, I covered a beer coaster with black paper. I held this beer coaster in my right hand in front of the camera. I had previously set the focal length on the lens to 35mm and the focus to 28cm. I released the camera with my left hand, took a NOCTIGON DM11 and briefly illuminated the right hand from below.
I then covered the lens with black Molton, switched on the light to mount a frame with a hexagon template on the previously placed tripod in front of the camera. Then I turned off the light, removed the Molton from the lens and illuminated the template by shining a flashlight with a blue filter and black fiberglass over the template from behind. I repeated this five times, reducing the focal length of the lens each time.
Then I covered the lens with molleton again, removed the template, set the focus to infinity and switched on the previously aligned rotation aid and the lamp mounted there. Now I removed the lens cover for one rotation of the flashlight, covered the lens and rotated the camera 120° around the optical axis. This last step was carried out a total of three times. You can see the result above.
Beer coasters covered with black paper
Bieruntersetzer mit schwarzem Papier überzogen
Hexagon stencil made from black paper
Hexagon-Schablone aus schwarzem Papier
The Tools
Configuration of the RGB CRITTER BT FLASHLIGHT
Konfiguration des RGB CRITTER BT FLASHLIGHT
Light shaper on the RGB CRITTER BT FLASHLIGHT
Lichtformer für das RGB CRITTER BT FLASHLIGHT
I had also previously built a light shaper from a field hockey ball and attached it to the lamp using a threaded piece. As you can see in the picture below, this light shaper makes the light trail look like a transparent tube. The whole thing was intended as an atomic model for one of the next projects. However, I found the light trails so interesting that I spontaneously integrated them into the project described today.
Light trails with light shaper on the RGB CRITTER BT Flashlight
Leuchtspuren mit Lichtformer auf der RGB CRITTER BT-Taschenlampe
I had never used stencils for light painting before. So this is a first. At first I did a test with a circle stencil. In the end, I decided to use the hexagon.
NIKON Z 5
CANON EF16-35mm ƒ4L IS USM
ISO 100 I 16mm I ƒ8 I 278 s
It took a few tests to find the right settings on the rotation tool. The light from the flashlight has to be adjusted to the speed of the rotation tool, otherwise the light shaper itself becomes visible in the light trails.
I had already introduced the rotation tool
already presented here...
The light shaper is visible here in the light trails
Der Lichtformer ist hier in den Lichtspuren zu erkennen
It took me several days to prepare the tools. The cover picture itself was ready in an hour.
Below is a picture from the set. I hope that I was able to inspire you with this post and that I will see you here again next Sunday.
So stay tuned!
Also bleibt dran!
The Set
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