Day 244, Why?

It's been a really long time since I have done any light painting photos. Why? I do not know. 

This photo probably took a total of about five minutes to go from concept to a web ready photo. I was impressed. I was able to make an almost perfect question mark fairly quickly, after only five tries! (compared to the more complicated light painting photos I have done that took no less than five million attempts...well maybe a few less)  And I didn't need to edit anything, so... Bam! I'm done. (The quickness of everything is a good thing because I did not feel good today. My wisdom teeth are making my entire face and head hurt. :-( My stupid wisdom teeth are scheduled for annihilation in 11 days!) 

Day 56, Tasha

I am always amazed with light painting. This one took some time and I used a bit of Photoshop to pull it together.

Day 38, Super Bowl XLIV

Since today was the Super Bowl I wanted to do something football themed and since I couldn't find a football I decided to make one.


I did this photo about 15 million times using an ISO of 100, f/22, and a shutter of 15s. In Photoshop I did very few minor cloning and smudging changes and applied a glass filter to add texture.

Day 28, Laser Pointer

The light from a laser pointer is pretty intense when someone points it in your eye. So when Jeremy unearthed our old laser pointer(which purpose is only to entertain our cats) I wanted to see what our eye sees when someone 'accidentally' points it in your eye.

Taken in my living room literally seconds before midnight.

Day 11, Dance

This is my second attempt with light painting, and it was sooo much fun! And this is my favorite TJ Maxx purchase, for less than $10!


The photo was made in my bedroom and was a little bit of a hillbilly set-up, yee-haw. I placed my camera inside a cowboy hat on my bed, I know it sounds weird but it is perfect for holding the camera on the bed. Then I positioned the dancing sculpture on a piece of white paper to help bounce light up and adjusted the comforter to hide the paper. After that I wrote dance in the air with the flash light(I didn't bother trying to write it backwards, just flipped it later in Photoshop) and shined the light straight down on the sculpture for a few seconds.

ISO 200, f/16.0, 20s

Day 9, Light Painting #1

This is my first attempt with light painting. I've always been interested in this form of photography and I definitely plan on attempting more involved light painting photos over the course of this year.


This photo was created in my bedroom. I covered a small flash light with tissue paper and tied it to the ceiling fan and gave it a whirl. The camera was resting on the floor pointing upwards, with an ISO of 100, f/5.0, and a shutter speed of 15 seconds.