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Painted with Light
Painted with Light
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Challenge: Painting With Light III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
Location: studio
Date: Jun 1, 2007
Date Uploaded: Jun 4, 2007

This was shot in a pitch dark room
10 second exposure
only light source was a 2D Mag Flash Light


Megan brought her kids to make this shoot happen - so a 2 and 3 year old were running madly about in the dark, crashing into things and screaming, and still she held rock still for the 10 seconds.

To me this is the power of light painting - this beautiful subtlety that comes from not knowing where the light source is coming from. Scribbles of light are fine - but the beauty of subtlety becomes a commercially viable lighting technique.

See to see the true power of this amazing lighting technique.


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Statistics
Place: 41 out of 245
Avg (all users): 6.1280
Avg (commenters): 7.0714
Avg (participants): 5.8906
Avg (non-participants): 6.2313
Views since voting: 976
Views during voting: 433
Votes: 211
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
06/26/2007 08:05:39 PM
I've been watching your portfolio with pleasure. Congrats for another beautiful photograph.
06/17/2007 10:14:14 AM
Megan is one very cool lady. Doug, I loved this image from the moment I saw it and it is, for me, one of the best light painting examples I've ever seen. Great work.
06/14/2007 09:18:06 PM
Beautifully done. One of my favs during the challenge.
06/14/2007 09:40:51 AM
What a gorgeous portrait! Her "look" compliments the way you have lit and processed this brilliantly! Congratulations.

 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/13/2007 02:23:13 PM
0-2 meets challenge = 0
0-3 creativity = 2
0-3 technical merit = 3
0-2 biased wow factor = 2
Beautiful portrait, though dnmc imo.
06/12/2007 11:56:25 PM
Pretty model and nice pose, but it doesn't really show the power of painting with light.
06/12/2007 10:18:05 PM
Really nice and soft. Has emotion. Great use of light. Beautiful subject.
06/12/2007 09:29:28 PM
Pretty pose and nice painting with light.
06/12/2007 04:58:55 PM
Your model must be very good at holding still! Very pretty.
06/12/2007 06:52:12 AM
absolutely beautiful
06/11/2007 06:54:00 PM
I love this; the light and shadows play perfectly across the model, and the pose, composition and tones are wonderful. One of my top picks of the challenge.
06/10/2007 09:06:25 PM
My!! she is gorgeous.......very nice use of lighting and tone!
06/09/2007 02:56:02 PM
gorgeous portrait - love how the light makes her skin glow
06/08/2007 09:31:14 PM
She looks a bit soft to me but studio lights are not in the spirit of the chalenge imo, even if it was hand held. That aside her face is nicly lit but almost washed out in spots, & her rear sholder looks rather noisy. Good Luck
06/08/2007 02:26:22 PM
Good portrait. 7
06/08/2007 01:44:03 PM
This is a beautiful photograph and the fan is just so elegant but i don't think that the painting with light is a main focus here, so i would say it probably doens't really meet the challenge
06/07/2007 10:36:34 AM
Excellent image.
06/06/2007 01:42:33 PM
Absolutely beautiful.


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