A Night at the Boat Dock
I took my old roommate, Brian Bell, out with me to do some night photography a couple of weeks ago! He is just a good sport when it comes to the patience you need for some of this… but as we were trying to do some long exposures, I remembered that I had a big spotlight in my trunk and resolved to do some light painting of the river and boat dock there. I think this turned out pretty cool… and Brian thought so too. As a matter of fact, he loved it so much that he has been telling everyone that he took it. It’s Brian’s Photo. Here’s to my Professional Light Painter...
Read MoreFull Moon Exposures
What do you do when you have full moon and access to a “Middle Of Nowhere” Cabin? You do a little night photography! We were hopeful we wouldn’t have many clouds going on in the sky – but we did. We actually got snowed on!! So, while we were waiting for the sky to clear up, we did a little tabletop light painting with some objects we could find. Once the moon was showing, we took some long exposures (about 2-3 minutes)! The one with the star trails was a 20 minute exposure but with the full moon out, everything started looking as if it were daylight. Thanks to Rebecca...
Read MoreFarm Truck – Before and After Light Painting
Here is another light painting I did with Caryn Esplin and Kris Fryer. They are so much fun to go out with and shoot with. We have had a such a great time and this night we got a ton of images to work with! We couldn’t figure it out… we got more shots, in less time, and we made it back to Rexburg an hour before we usually have when we’ve traveled just 30 minutes away. Tell me what you...
Read MoreBlast From the Past – My little Blue Trike
Okay. So this isn’t my little trike, but I did have one like it at one point! In the original, you’ll notice that it wasn’t even blue to begin with but I changed the color of it so it would contrast against the yellow color in the background. This was a light painting as well, but with the sunset still going on there in the background we didn’t need a ton. I just love this photo because it’s just not something you see very much of anymore! I love it! This is what I’m calling – a GURU Shot! Edited – Camera Raw...
Read MoreEl Camino – Light Painting/Extreme Photoshop
This is my last post before Photoshop World in Las Vegas!! This is an El Camino I found on the side of the highway near St. Anthony, ID. I really wanted to do some light painting of an old car (probably because I am a car guy) and this was about the only one I found that I could get to. As you’ll be able to tell from the original scene, I had to add a lot of photoshop skills to it. Being right next to the highway, I had a hard time trying to light up everything I needed for the scene, so much of the background areas I didn’t get as well as I would have liked or needed. So, I...
Read MoreLight Painting – Eric Curry Style 3 of 3
This is my 3rd attempt at doing some Eric Curry light painting. This was by far the biggest scene I’ve done and I think it turned out. I think it looks cool, but not exactly my favorite out of the 3. I was out at my friend, Hilary Hansen’s, place to take some pictures. It was already late enough that she was all game to learn how to do some light painting! She claims she had a lot of fun doing it and I hope so because we were out there for a while trying to get everything all light painted. I think the Hansen’s were all surprised that their farm could look that...
Read MoreLight Painting – Eric Curry Style 2 of 3
Okay. So this is my second time I’ve gone out and did the Eric Curry style of photography! The last time turned out so well that it really got me excited to go out and do it again. So, in the middle of Nowhere, Idaho my friend Jessica and I found this tractor that had the best backdrop ever. The Tetons. I did the same thing I did with the pickup truck on this scene, but I decided not to have people in it. I was going to but as I started I just wasn’t feeling it. I didn’t think it was gonna work out very well. So… there’s no people in it. Something about...
Read MoreLight Painting – Eric Curry Style 1 of 3
Eric Curry is an amazing night photographer! His style of capturing photographs in the dark inspired me to go out and do one of my own. This truck was found on some farm land here in Rexburg, Idaho that we had permission to photograph. What an awesome experience to get out there and do this. Post production of this truck has taken about 6.5 hours. The photographing alone took close to 2.5 hours. This is no easy task, but the final product was well worth it I think. Final Product Original Scene At this point, I should probably tell you that the Sunset you’re seeing...
Read MoreLight Painted Truck
Just about anyone can take a photo during the day. What about at night? There is a style of photography called Light Painting where you set a slow shutter speed and light up your subject with flash lights and flood lights. With this concept, I pulled together 9 shots and layered them together to get the final shot. Final product. I layered 9 images and blended them to get this. Original. This is a good shot, but it’s the one I started with. Let me know what you think!...
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