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The word photography translates as drawing (or writing) with light
photo = from the Greek phos meaning light graph = from the Greek graphe meaning writing Light painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made with different colour torches which is hand held. Light Painting, more specifically light drawing, dates back to 1889 when Étienne-Jules Marey and Georges Demeny created the first know light painting. Light Drawing is shinning a light source to "draw" a picture by shining it directly into the camera lens. Light paintings can be done by webcam. The painted image can already be seen while drawing by using a monitor or projector. There are 3 other light painting techniques. The first is light painting, the second known as light drawing, and the third known as kinetic light painting or camera painting. |
John HeskethJohn Hesketh used his house, yard and the cup-de-sac, where he lived on as the setting for his work. He uses objects that you wouldn't normally take any notice of and makes them into objects that have a "redefined relevance". When he is in the dark, he's find himself searching for stuff with a flashlight. He photograph in long exposures using hand held lights to draw or paint over a prepared scene. He often walks through painting light leaving a hints of human presence or the need for one. He doesn't use an accurate shutter or "high tech" lighting equipment. This is because is more intentional than economical and prefers paint light by feelings rather than numbers.
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Man RayIn 1915, Man Ray met French artist Marcel Duchamp, and together they collaborated on many inventions and formed the New York group of Dada artists. In 1921, Ray moved to Paris and became associated with the Parisian Dada and Surrealist circles of artists and writers. His experiments with photography included rediscovering how to make "camera-less" pictures, which he called rayographs. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known for his photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer.
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This video is an example of light painting and what you can do with it. For example there is one with people in it and a dog at the bottom left hand side. This is done by a handheld torch and somebody holding it but not in the scene. The video also show different technique for light painting. For example Kinetic Light Painting is shown on the video all though out it.
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The one that went well was the one with the slime face because it is clear and it shows clearly was the person was drawing.
The one that didn't go well was the one with the line with no pattern because you can't tell what the person was drawing and there is no correlation to the lines. |