I’ve been fascinated by “light painting” ever since seeing some of O. Winston Link’s amazing steam locomotive images from the 50’s.
Combining multiple images lit with only a single light is a favorite of today’s architectural photographers and I wanted to see if I could apply the technique to camping scenes. So I read Eric Curry’s great book, Painting with Light, Lighting and Photoshop Techniques for Photographers published by Amherst Media and watched some great behind-the-scenes videos of him lighting his complex scenes at his website: American Pride and Passion.
One of my latest images is of a tent in a stand of Aspen trees. There are not as many details to worry about in this scene so it was a little easier to light. I used five different images, lit with a flashlight plus a fluorescent lantern in the tent. All images were shot at f/5.6, 15sec, ISO 400 with the 14–24mm lens.
