Mini Spring Challenge - Spring Hope

[Chris Sawyer]

Here are my Mini Spring Challenge efforts.  All of them are 30 second exposures using an LED in a 'mostly' blacked out room this afternoon.

1. Spring Chicken



2. How did I fit in an egg?



3. Dinosaur Egg (not much to do with spring, but it's an attempt to copy one of Harold Ross's images without paying £995 for the privilege - Barrie will know what I am going on about)

[Chris Sawyer]

...and here's another.

"I HOPE I can get out of this SPRING"

[Bazza]

Hi Chris,
I thought you looked a little tentative on the challenge during recent Zoom, Harold is too expensive and I’am a a lot cheaper.

Give me a call and will try to assist

[Bazza]

Spring Challenge Support

Light painting has been around since the very early days of photography.

WHAT IS STILL LIFE LIGHT PAINTING ?
Light painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera during the exposure.

Subjects can be lit by 'painting' the subject with light from outside the frame with hand-held light sources.

Many kinds of light source can be used, from simple flashlights or devices from a leading exponent Harold Ross. (https://haroldrossfineart.wordpress.com/my-thoughts-on-composition/ )

Coloured gels can be used to colour the light. Other sources of light such as candles, matches, fireworks and glowsticks, could also be used but would not suggest these inside an enclosed area.

THE HISTORY.....
Light Painting Photography can be traced back to 1914 when Frank Gilbreth, and his wife Lillian, used small lights and the open shutter of a camera to track the motion of workmen.

Man Ray, in his 1935 series "Space Writing," was the first known art photographer to use the technique. Barbara Morgan began making light paintings in 1940.

By using this technique you can produce images that are as 'way out' or as 'normal' as you wish just like one of the old art masters with controlled lighting for atmosphere.

Others being Aaron Jones In the ’90s, there was a great photographer who invented a tool for light painting. It involved a fiber optics cable and a box with a lamp in it. It made the job of light painting so much easier with an invention called the Hosemaster ( https://richardwalkerimages.com/2014/07/20/studio-lighting-with-a-hosemaster/ )

Even everyday items can be turned into works of art.

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/kimjew/aaron-jones/

Getting Started

To get started all you need is a camera (that has a 'B' or 'T' shutter setting) or an Olympus Digital with Composite Mode, a tripod, a darkened room and a good penlight torch.

I will be posting further ideas during the coming weeks before the Spring Challenge completes plus in meantime if enough members are interested a short presentation to discuss this in more detail.

Cheers All
Barrie

[Alan Graham]

Barrie has agreed to have a short Q&A on Tuesday for anyone who needs help with this challenge.

Starts at 8pm, details below to join in on this Zoom session.

Alan Graham is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Barrie's Q&A
Time: May 5, 2020 20:00 London

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72528133009?pwd=Tnh2bkF1RWtzMjFXOEliL0lTNVA1UT09

Meeting ID: 725 2813 3009
Password: 6rA4rP

Here's my effort done using light painting. I have added some post textures but it is a single image taken over about 7 minutes.