Today we have a double feature from PetaPixel on Light Painting – in fact, one of the features is itself a double feature as it exhibits the distinctly different creations of Joanna Jaskólska and Zach Ancell.  The second gallery exhibits the still different, dreamy, fantasy-like images of

Long exposure photo of a light show dance using finger lights. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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These are purely galleries, not how-tos.  If you want some pointers on Light Painting, check out our post from a month back, Light Painting with Darlene Hildebrandt.  You can combine the skills gained in that lesson with inspiration taken from these galleries.

Jaskólska asks her breakdancing subjects to do their thing with LED wands in their hands.  The effect of bands of sinuous white lines is not exactly overwhelming.  Had the breakdancers held taped multicoloured light sticks or sparklers, the images would have had a lot more ‘zing’ that would have complemented the breakdancers.

Ancell too shoots moving subjects but with a very different take.  Not quite ‘Light Painting’ as commonly understood, he photographs atheletes in motion such that they give off superhero-like streaks lighting up their paths of motion!  Now this is a concept that will have athletic goods suppliers knocking on Ancell’s door.

 Light Painting as a term and a concept is probably best ‘illustrated’ by Jason D. Page’s creations.  They are light paintings in that they are created with light, and they are light paintings in that they indeed resemble painted art.

The image of translucent dragonflies hovering in front of a swamp looks like a still from a Disney animated feature whereas the photo of an otherworldly woods is obviously painted with light (perhaps a little overdone for some tastes).

Head over to Page’s website for some more fantastical images, which have to be considered truly incredible images given that they are “captured to the camera in one single photographic frame [with] NO PHOTO EDITING used . . . .”  One would be hard-pressed to create some of those images even with post-processing!