I let the light paint the picture
Monday, March 21, 2011 at 12:01AM I let the light paint the picture.
The technique:
This is one of the easiest things you can do as a photographer. All you need is a camera that has adjustable exposure. You might or might not need a tripod. All you do is point at something that moves, and press the trigger (ehm... I meant shutter). Like in this photo, I sat on a bus and shot cars on the freeway. The bus moved, the cars moved, everything was moving and painting the light on the camera sensor. The result is unpredictable and fun. You can try it million times and it always comes out different. Play with different exposure lengths and different apertures.
This is a four second shot of Las Vegas Strip at night:
You probably noticed that the first two photos are very different from the last two photos. It's because I used a tripod, which allowed me to capture the areas surrounding the light sources. Only light sources were moving in those first two photos. The thing on the left is an elevator in a city of Graz, Austria (the home of Arnold the Governator). And many of you American peeps will recognize the photo of Austin, Texas on the right.
Do you have your own "let the world paint itself" technique?
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