Light Painting with Sparklers
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(I Love my VW Rabbit) Again, no Photoshop tricks in the image other than colour toning. For this shot you need a dark space. I used my garage with the lights off to minimize ambient light bleeding into the picture. I then setup my camera on a tripod and composed the shot how I wanted. The sparkler lasts roughly 1 minute so I used bulb mode and a remote shutter release. You want to make sure you use a small aperture to ensure an adequate depth of field. My brother and I did test runs with an unlit sparkler; the hard part is making sure you don’t walk between the sparkler and the camera. It took 3 or 4 tries/sparklers before I got the shot I wanted.
VERY Cool, Dude!
I Love It!!!
That is very cool!
Yea Digging that
Your photography is amazing, no matter what you are shooting!
Really cool!
yes, but look at this shot! great.
It does it. It really makes a car look good. Impressive. Did you use a Filter? I can’t see the slightest motion blur…
WOW Amazing well done what a beautiful picture
That’s amazing! Live your ideas.
Sheer quality, as usual. Your posts never fail to impress!
I just read how you did it and I still don’t understand how it was done. And I don’t really care because that photo is awesome!
Imagine how incredible it would be if our 4-door sedans really looked like that!! This is fantastic. Like some voltaic moss crawling all over the car!
Man, that is super cool! Nice job! BikerMonkey
awesome! love it!
I’d try to recruit you if I was a VW advertising exec… judging by your last few photo installments you may have to consider changing your website name… you seem to have branched out a bit beyond hiking photos. All fantastic and inspiring. Thank you.
Wow that’s so impressive! Amazing photo!
Absolutely incredible!!!!
OMG! Enough said.
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Wow! That’s amazing!
Really Cool and a great tutorial. Thanks!
I’ve posed for light painting work (with flashlight) – but the sparkler effect is VERY cool!!
Hey…I thought this was all about hiking??
Just kidding. I do dig it insanely so!
Flashy pic
Amazing, but what did the car look like after?
This is amazing! I don’t think you already know but man you are awesome!
Really interesting!
wow…this could be a great VW promo for Xmas
lol.
that is hard work..shutter speed, aperture settings…i’m impressed.
Very creative – Well done
Very cool effects, both sparkler and paint splash.
Reblogged this on El's blogging and commented:
This looks really awesome! I’ll look into using sparklers next time I in the mood to light paint
Reblogged this on El's blogging and commented:
This looks really awesome! I’ll look into using sparklers next time I in the mood to light paint
Wow your work is amazing!
This has nothing to do with hiking, and this kind of thing is likely to cause paint damage (burns) to the vehicle, but the photo is without a doubt amazing.
Superb work…
Absolutely amazing creativity…
cool!
Wish i have this kinda work someday….
amazing!
i thought it is photoshop….
how nice it looks…. thumbs up
Very cool!
Amazing! Don’t get burned! k.
What made you even think to do something like this, I wonder !.
Totally Impressive.
Oh, wow. This is amazing and so very cool. I checked out your blog after you liked one of my posts- and I do not regret it!
I would love to have one of these photographs. You are a very talented photographer
tomte
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You just made the most boring object so interesting and powerful! P.s love the suit!
WILD!
Hi Patrick
Love your new Gravatar pic and this post is a lot of fun! I want to thank you for being so active on my blog and would love the opportunity to chat.
KnowledgeKnut
I like everything you do! Good work!
So happy I ran across your blog. Your photography is just amazing.
Wow! What a cool effect!
I admire the way you keep on experimenting to get the shot you want.
Looks like sparklers – **nods head** such a talented little puppy you are. Oh and thank you again for dropping into mine
Love it. I’m going to try this.
You’re awesome
This is pretty epic.
Love it! I’m going to try it.
Amazing work.
Absolutely brilliant; love it!
nice!
Stunningly creative.
beautiful. brilliant. you amaze me!
Neato! That is such a cool photo.
You da man! Just when ya thought it couldn’t get any better! Wow!
I ❤ your car, too.
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Nice blog overall. Well put together with nicely done photographs. The pictures you are posting provide a great look into the fun of making an adventure into the wilderness. Thanks for sharing your stuff.
Stirred my senses… Thoroughly impressed!
WOW! Excellent! I have one online friend who likes to do light painting as well. I’ll share this one to him.
Amazing! Thanks for the follow.
How cool is that!
You’re really creativity! I really like your work
Well done! And no help from nature on this one.
Realy Cool!
What a cool photo!
I want to try to do this with the kids running around with sparklers at night. Love this photo!
Great photo and thanks for sharing how you created it.
Your photos are beautiful, whether of hiking or other things. I admire the wonderful combination of skill, creativity and careful execution.
Wow, that’s amazing! I know so little about photography, and it’s always interesting to read how things like this are achieved. Very cool!
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that is soo cool!!!
All your pictures are so cool. Thank you not only for sharing them but for always telling us HOW you get certain effects. It’s like a magician revealing his tricks. I am always showing them to my son who enjoys photography so he can experiment with his camera.
Don’t know how you do it but you do!
Thank you for the follow, following you back and awsome pics
I now know what will be that “unique” Christmas gift. My question is, you offer so many different formats to purchase from which one makes this car look great in a frame? Metallic, glossy, matte? I am looking at the 11X14 size. Thank you for the exquisite work you do, it makes my heart sing!!
Patrick! Your photography is so beautiful! thank you for visiting my blog, I hope you are learning and enjoying it…..xoxo
Amazing, again
!
Patrick,
Thank you for “liking” my post. How does a photographer find his way to blog such as mine?
Anyway, I am such an amatuer when it comes to photography, but I have a deep appreciation for your talent. These are most beautiful! I can’t wait to see more of this world through your lens and artistic eye.
Thank you!
~ S
Very well done- best light drawing I’ve seen.
This sounds like an excuse to play with sparklers!!!! It’s a good excuse too because the result is breathtaking!!! I wish I could see a video of the making of because I cannot imagine how you would not cross the lens! Good job once again!
Thanks for the like. You take really amazing photos!
Not only is that photograph stellar, but you drive a VW. *fist bump*
Great lightpainting!
looks so cool
Yet another shot I would NEVER have thought of.
This is amazing! They did an episode of Blue Peter in the UK on light painting a few months ago. I’m still to have a go myself, but it looks like you can get some brilliant results!
Absolutely stunning – you are very talented. Thank you for following my blog – I really enjoy yours!
Where did you ever get the idea for this?!!? So creative. The result is impressive!
My friend and I did this in college with colored flashlights, fun idea
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Absolutely MIND-BLOWING – Wow!
Gosh!
All the posts are awesome dude… thnx for sharing them
After your outdoor photos this throws me , the paint post and then this one, but they’re great! So fun to see that you have talent in so many areas.
This is amazing and so creative!
Awesome! Love it.
Love what you’ve captured so well! It’s like defining creativity… and, thanks for stopping by and liking my post
Very cool, I love it!
This is incredible!
My initial reaction: reminded me of the movie “Back to the future”.
You never cease to amaze….. LOL. Your creativity is Awesome!
Wow, that’s incredible! Awesome, awesome!!
this was my third time viewing your blog and i was wondering how you did it..truly amazing photograph!!
Continue and hone your talent more..praying for that to give you more talents
I really love how detailed you are when explaining your process! You are a true talent. This has to be my new favorite of yours BY FAR!
Photography is a skill I would love to develop. You are very inspiring. I am a comedy writer that’s published in print. My editor has high standards and I am a novice. Any interest in sharing? Network to network. You get print I get my editor off my back. You can see my “homemade” shots on my blog. Thankfully it’s comedy, not photojournalism. You are very talented. http://1mtg.wordpress.com/.
Mary.
Love this!!!!
That is awesome!
Totally awesome. Just totally, totally awesome. This should be on a car commercial!
Your photography is absolutely gorgeous!! Thank you so much for following my blog, I’ll be looking forwards to seeing more of yours!! Xx
Very Cool… who would have thought it…
That is just amazing what you can do with a light.
Very fun photo. Love this and so many more of your photos. Jeanne
This is just epic!
That looks great! Nice work, and nice new avatar too. I thought I was following your site but the button atop indicated otherwise, so I clicked it. Thanks for visiting my site.
This is so fun. A friend of mine did something similar with sparklers/neon lights and guitars and I love the effects they produce! Thanks for the follow too!
tricky! I love VWs as well, and your photos are brilliant
Great Photography. Looks cool. By the way, which car model is this?
Very creative!
This looks really awesome! I’ll look into using sparklers next time I in the mood to light paint
Amazing, this has the quality of a car advertisement. Long-exposure photography is one of the most creative parts of photography I love to experiment with. Also, thanks for liking my post!
Really excellent !
oh wow, what a cool idea, and great results!
Well done and fun!!!
AMAZING!!
In fact could I use this photo in one of my shoots for my virtual Avatar?
Amazing!
Absolutely bloody brilliant !!
how is this even possible. its amazing!
Your stuff is truly amazing. Im an art major and I hope I can create half the amazing art that you do.
definitely cool… I just really can’t believed it was not photoshop.Amazing. I love it!
Your photography is absolutely beautiful. And I thank you for following my blog, “A Crown of Dark Water”.
Blessings,
Stephanie
Wicked photo! Thanks for following our blog. You are officially entered in our novel contest. Drawing will be held Oct 1. Good luck! – @TwoCrainPublish
nice job thankx for a fallow
Wow fun shot! I’ve done light painting before, but never thought to use sparklers! Great idea, thanks for sharing!
I love doing painting with light. It’s fun to do in churches with great stained glass. I did one with a hand held spot light once set my camera indoors used altar lights and candle for the interior then walked outside with the spot light and stood at each pane for five minuets. Amazing shot.
WOW!!!!! <3
That is amazing!
This makes me want to get a remote shutter release for my EPL-1! Very creative and beautiful pic!
That is so beautiful… and I don’t often say that about pictures of cars!
this is phenomenal. so much imagination/technical amazingness to get a shot like this.
Thanks for the follow fellow VWer – in usually in my mkV gti
Love your work.
Extraordinary..
That is very futuristically cool.
Wow! Amazing!
I like your photos, they’re very charged up.
Beautiful blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for stopping by, and the follow!
NAMASTE!
Amazing. Nicely done.
You get tons of comments but I hope you see this one. Where in the world are you currently? I feel like you’re close to me if you recently did Lady Mac. Send me a message so we can chat!
Stunning Patrick. You are shooting these digitally? Amazing lack of noise. Very impressive, thanks for sharing with us.
I like the way you tell us how you did it, even though I am still clueless.
awesome work. it’s great you’re sharing how to magic up these images.
How do you take the picture without the holder of the spakler in it.
LOVE this. Very cool.
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I LOVE this so much. The concept, execution, composition- everything. love it
My friend does something like this except with flashlights and broken cd’s. Thanks for all the “likes”. Like your work, you’re pretty awesome.
freakin awesome!
Feels being electrocuted. And I would like to thank you for following my blog and liking my posts “Similarity Between Baby & Dog” and “Welcome to Dreamland”.
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this beautiful picture put a smile on my face today … absolutly adore it. and I’m not even a fan of cars
Wow! You’ve just made me look at our VW (Golf) completely differently!
Try this with your living room furniture using a mini flashlight with colored filters on the light. It works best with film, but is possible with a good digital camera that allows bulb function.
You blow my mind. I love it.
Your photography is breathtaking! You should add a pinterest button
Love love love, you are inspiring me to try so much!
wow!
Have you sent this link to VW? I bet they’d love it! Nothin like seeing someone creating an “ode to” for something you worked hard on.
This is great, i am impressed
I have yet to try light painting, but I want to. Love the effect of the sparkler.
Inventive and artistic – great photo! Thanks for stopping by my blog.
HOLY Heckles! This is awesome! I love, love, love your photography. It has such soul and unique-ness to it. Never thought I would ever be lucky enough to see beauty like that. I love the one with the paint splatters, the one with the music sheet and the drop of water, the infared pic of the trees….oh heck, who am I kidding! I love them ALL. I just dabble in super up close pics of flowers, bugs and spiders, but thats nothing compared to your gift. Thanks for sharing. And thanks for the like of my blog too.
Wow! I’ve seen sparklers used as a frame before, which looked really beautiful, but this is really something else.
Very nice effect. Original and extremely eye-catching final result. Bravo!
That is so cool. I have to try that. Just awesome.
That is real cool. Great idea.
More creative genius! I love it.
this is amazing!
I’ve never seen anything like this! Really interesting!
This is an awesome photo and I also wanted to thank you for stopping by my blog!
Jeżeli oczekujesz, iż powiem ci o strasznych skutkach zdrowotnych palenia,
o tym, że palacze wydają fortunę na przestrzeni całego życia na papierosy, iż jest owo odpychający oraz okropny uzależnienie plus iż jesteś przygłupek i
masz słabą wolę, owo muszę cię rozczarować. Ta taktyka pod żadnym pozorem mnie nie pomogła, tudzież o ile miała
pomóc tobie, owo obecnie do odmiennej pory przestałbyś palić.
Moja metoda, którą nazywam EASYWAY (ang.: łatwy sposób – przyp.
tłum.) nie działa w ów sposób. Niektóre rzeczy, o których będę RzucaniE PaleniA
powiedział, mogą sprzedać ci się odrobinę wiarygodne, jednakże, gdy skończysz odczytywać tę księgę, nie na to samo w nie
uwierzysz, mimo to będziesz się dziwować, kiedy mogłeś kiedy tylko myśleć inaczej.
Istnieje fałszywe przekonanie, iż sami decydujemy o
tym, że chcemy palić. Palacze w tym samym szczeblu decydują, iż chcą
egzystować nałogowcami, w jakim opilec stanowi się, że chce pozostać alkoholikiem, bądź narkoman, iż chce się uwarunkować od czasu heroiny.
Prawdą jest, iż sami decydujemy, iżby zapalić te pierwsze danie, eksperymentalne papierosy.
Ja również od czasu do czasu decyduję się, iżby pójść do kina, jakkolwiek nie postanowiłem spędzić
całego życia w kinie. Zastanów się za pomocą przelotnie nad swoim życiem.
Czy kiedykolwiek stwierdziłeś, iż w niektórych momentach własnego życia nie możesz
bawić się posiłkiem albo spotkaniem towarzyskim