Painting with Light

[Laurie Parker]

Ill try and explain this one I was gobsmacked how this came out yet alone went into a magazine!


Pitch black room couldn't see my hand in front of me, on a table was a white rollerblind for a background , underneath the roller blind was an old towel for the lightbulb to rest on, which makes the interesting creases below the bulb. My son held a torch through red and orange gel filters , doing movements in a paint brush stroke, then he just pointed the torch at the bulb which gave it its white light . taken with a 30 second exposure on tripod and this was result,its a completely clear glass bulb too

 

[Graeme Harvey]

Wow! That really is a thing of beauty. I suppose you have a 40x30 inch print of that on your wall somewhere. Beautiful lighting.

 

[Laurie Parker]

nope I got a ten by eight print in an album lol and kept the magazine lol - crazy how it turned out though seeing what it consisted off

 

[Graeme Harvey]

It's great when it happens, though!

 

[Laurie Parker]

yeah it is lol, gonna try food colouring in water next to make some abstract shapes , i need three images all different shapes then combine them and alter each image to a different shde of blue want an abstract for bathroom wall so gonna try it myself

 

[Graeme Harvey]

If you use a glass bowl and warm it from the base, you'll get some lava-lamp type patterns. Oh and be sure to use Supercook, and not Dr. Oetker food colouring.

 

[Hamish Gill]

So what's the story behind it vein in a magazine then?

 

[Laurie Parker]

lol Grez it is supercook hahaha - It was chosen for DSLR skills course in practical photography, got a lovely write up and critique by the editor, the module was long exposure so rather than do my usual waterfalls thought I would have a go at this painting by light, really surprised me how a torch and some gels can make this type of effect.

 

[Vic Shaw]

Hi Laurie,

Nice idea, love the tones and well shot.......all it all. I like it

Vic

 

[Pete Askew]

Hi Laurie,

Really nice result. Have you ever seen the painting with light work of Emil Schildt? Even more impressive when you realise he shoots them on 10" x 8" film using vintage lenses! Something for long dark nights in the studio (and a very patient model)!

Oops, forgot the link... http://www.emilschildt.com/

 

[Laurie Parker]

cheers all and I just went to look at that link Pete wow amazing images loved them all

 

[Pete Askew]

Hi Laurie,

He's pretty impressive isn't he! Have a look at some of his links to his former students. There are a couple there doing incredible stuff using digital capture with PbL too.

 

[Laurie Parker]

I will have a look through them then also I have bookmarked that link now as I spent ages looking at his work last night, really is impressive

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Great shot, the final result is so nicely diffused, with rich colour

Not surprised you got the write up in PP (Which I used to call Practical Pornography due to it's insistence on girly covers in the 80s-90s)

I managed a 12th place in a PP still life competition back in the last century - that's my PP claim to fame! LOL