Light paintings, also known as light drawing or light graffiti, is a photography technique in which exposures are usually made at night or in a darkened room. This momentary approach to art and expression uses the movement of light to create incredible images and is created on the streets, in nature, and in studios by artists whose creative impulses transcend traditional media.
Light graffiti is sometimes produced as performance art, and sometimes just to capture it with photography and video, but either way it makes for some incredible viewing. Although light is considered to be rather a practical than an artistic tool, it has some properties which designers can effectively explore in their works. In this post you will find a huge collection of very inspirational Light Paintings as images and videos and a list of the most well known artists.
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Caution! You may loose your sleep tonight because you can’t resist spending some hours trying to make your own amazing Light Paintings.
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Here you find links to some of most well known Light Painting Photographers. If I missed some please leave a comment and share a link and your opinion.
- LICHTFAKTOR
- Michael Bosanko
- Cenci Goepel and Jens Warnecke
- Ryan Warnberg and Michelle McSwain (MRI)
- Patrick Rochon
- Toby Keller
- Alan Jaras
- Sola
- Dean Chamberlain
- Eric Staller
- Christopher Hibbert
50 Let There Be Light: Light Paintings and Sculptures
by Christopher Hibbert
"Light is Life", light painting and photographs. http://www.christopher-hibbert.com
30 Amazing Light Paintings
The images we are featuring here are from Jan Wöllert and Jörg Miedza, the guys behind LAPP-PRO. The light art performance photography (briefly LAPP) is a one-shot, long time bulb exposure photography, performed additionally with movement of light. LAPP originates on a real-time basis directly in front of the camera, created between opening and closing the shutter.
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Some really cool Light Painting Videos…really cool stuff!
First a tutorial if you want to make your own Light Paintings
Then some real action – see it alive!
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And here is another one…
http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=3689403622&size=large
@-S: Thanks. It’s a really good one.
Cool post.
here is some of my work
http://www.duaneschoon.blogspot.com/
Amazing work! What type of lights do you use? and where could they be purchased? I’ve just recently started light painting and have created things to make light spheres but i really don’t know where to start to do anything else.
Cool!!!! Very nice list!!!
You use our photo, but you forget our link my friend
The photo over your article is from lapp-pro.de.
best regards
JanL. Wöllert
wow. very cool. I wonder how light painted videos are done. You have to fill every frame with a finished painting. How is it synchronized with a camera??
Here’s one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arabbit/4211660853/sizes/m/
Is this yours? If so how did you create the background? Its amazing!
Check out these RAD light paintings on Juxtapoz:
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/the-light-paintings-of-jason-d-page
@sarah, wow thanks for the tip!
hey if you want a painter job done post it on http://www.paint-quotes.com.au/
You use our photo, but you forget our link my friend
The photo over your article is from lapp-pro.de.
These are awesome shots! Light painting is a really fun photography technique. This week, we are hosting a photographic contest on light painting. So if you are inspired by this post, shoot your own, and submit your entry! Check it out at http://www.greatphotorace.com!
http://www.milopixsure.com
have a look at my work from the past 5-6 years. Join my page and let me know what you think
I watched the “how to” video but I still don’t understand how someone can move around with the lights but the person in the photo is “still”. Can you please help me or tell me where I can find a “tutorial”? Thank you in advance!
Very shocked to not see Michael R Ross listed as one of the most well known, talented, pioneering light painting photographers out there!! HUGE inspiration for myself … PLEASE check him out….
This is one of his websites :
http://mrossphoto.com/wordpress32/
He has written a book about light painting :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appmk.book.AOTMPFEPEBOBGCZUMV&hl=en_GB
He is featured in an interview here:
http://lightpaintingphotography.com/light-painting-artist/bright-talent/michael-ross/
Featured in DIY Photography (How to make your own programmable digital light wand) :
http://www.diyphotography.net/programmable-rgb-led-orb-tool-for-light-painting-photography
His website of the light painting tools he sells :
http://lightpaintingtools.com/
And his Flickr stream :
Thanks for sharing these useful links Marisa!
Thank for this post. Inspiring me for my homework
You are welcome Pandu! Thanks for leaving a comment !
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