Magical Light Powers

One night, a fairy light princess came through my window and gave me magical light powers. The next morning I woke up and I discovered I could emit light through my hand. 

Just kidding... this technique is what's called light graffiti or light writing. This happens when you over expose your camera over a period of time. To do this, all you need is a room, flashlight, a camera, and a camera stand. 

First find a room, and it can be well lit or dark, your choice. Then, set up your camera on the stand, set a timer, and stand in front of the camera with your flashlight. It's important to have your camera in the right mode... keep it in manual settings with a very low shutter speed (15-30 seconds). Play around with the shutter speed until you like your results. 

I had two flashlights in my hands, hence the two colors in the HI picture. It's a little difficult to draw letters in the air because you have to draw backwards, and you have to make sure you're not overlapping the letters. 

 Huh, are you confused? Are these real fireworks? You wonder, and I'll answer. My sister and I created these fireworks with two flashlights. I created the blue sparks while she created the center yellow dot, which happens to look a lot like a sun. 

These are outlines of my sister posing. She just stood in a pose, and I traced her out with the flashlight. I got around to naming her poses...

                  Name: Kate (looks like she's skating)       Name: Victor (victory pose)

    

Name: Bulk (she tried to look like the Hulk)

Here's a nice scene created by my sister and I. She took care of the "dreamy" work by creating the sun and clouds, while I did the "down-to-earth" work by creating the grass, trees, and birds. We did all this in a 30-second shutter speed. 

 Once again, our macho girl in the dark.There's my sister wishing she could be superwoman, and I drew the yellow lines behind her so that she can be visible.

And our last post for these light graffiti's. Bye!

Hope you enjoyed these easy and simple works of light. The next time I do light graffiti, I'll make sure to include visible objects instead of a black background.