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Position:Home>Visual Arts> How do you make pictures like this...?Question: How do you make pictures like this!.!.!.!? http://i36!.tinypic!.com/28v96k0!.jpg
do you hold down the the Shutter button with it on "bulb" I've not used bulb before but do you use that while someone with glow sticks draw what you want in the picture liek would it go like this: put camera on bulb hold it down drawit out then let go!? idk that's the only way i could think to do it but i'm a ameture so go figureWww@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The people who are saying this was "photoshopped" are completely cluess and don't know anything about real photography!. In fact, I could take a picture like this with a completely manual film camera with NO editing!. I HAVE taken pictures that show light trails with 35mm film, using a long exposure!. I don't use Photoshop!. I don't need it!. You need a camera that has completely manual shutter speed and aperture settings!. That picture shows what's called "light painting!." And yes, you're right that you would use the "Bulb" setting for a long exposure!. The principle is pretty much the same whether you are using digital or a film camera!. You have to put the camera on a tripod!. With a film camera, you would set the shutter speed to the B setting and then hold the button to keep the shutter open for several seconds!. You should actually use a shutter release cable so you don't even have to touch the camera to fire the shutter!. Some shutter release cables have a lock to hold the shutter open!. And some cameras also have a "T" setting which will open the shutter when you press the button, and then close it when you press the button again!. A digital camera will probably work like the "T" setting!. I don't know if a digital SLR camera will have a shutter release cable, but it should have some kind of remote that you can use!. The camera has to be as steady as possible!. The exposure time will depend on the ISO and the lighting conditions!. The ISO rating is a unit of light sensitivity!. A higher ISO number means more sensitivity, and a lower number means less sensitivity!. So ISO 400 is more sensitive than 200!. If you use film, the ISO rating will be labeled on the film!. If you use a digital camera, you can usually change the ISO setting for the sensor!. I would recommend a low ISO like 200 or 400 at the most, because with a higher ISO, the picture will start to look grainy!. You will have to experiment, but I would say that an exposure of 10 seconds with the aperture at f/8 might be a good place to start!. I like to take long exposures at night, and for a typical picture on a city street lit by street lights, I would use an exposure of 10-15 seconds!. But like I said, it depends on the ISO rating and the lighting conditions!. Because the light source will be close to the camera, 8 seconds should work ok!. Basically, you just move a small light around in front of the camera while the shutter is open and you can write patterns in the air!. The movement will be blurred together and cause a pattern of light trails in the picture!. Good luck and have fun! Www@QuestionHome@Com no photoshop involved here, that's for sure!. you put your camera on a tripod and adjust for a long exposure!. then you trigger the shutter with a remote switch (has to be a remote switch so you don't get camera shake)!. then you go over to the front of the camera and, using a flashlight, fire a beam into the lens and make the desired pattern!. the bulb setting will keep your shutter open for as long as you press the shutter button!. using bulb will work too if you need to expose for longer than 30 seconds as some remote triggers have a mechanism that keeps it pressed even after you let go!. but either way, you can't just hold the camera!. it has to be on a tripod, or something stable!. just the slightest movement from your hands would blur everything out!. you'll also have to use a flashlight for this, or something with a strong beam of light that's directional (i!.e!., you can point at something)!. see, if you just use glowsticks, then you (or whoever is doing the light-painting) would be illuminated as well, and you would appear in the photo also!. with a flashlight's beam pointed at the camera, you are behind the main light source, thus lessening the chances of you appearing on the photo behind the light painting!. don't forget to adjust iso and aperture accordingly!. good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com if you are going to use the bulb setting you need to get a remote for the shutter, otherwise you will end up with camera shake!.!. you can also use the timer!. you will need a tripod or a non moving surface to put the camera!.!. i have tried using glow sticks, but they were not bright enough, but did produce a few good results!.!. here are some pictures i have done using sparklers!.!. http://viewmorepics!.myspace!.com/index!.cf!.!.!. http://viewmorepics!.myspace!.com/index!.cf!.!.!. http://viewmorepics!.myspace!.com/index!.cf!.!.!. http://viewmorepics!.myspace!.com/index!.cf!.!.!. http://viewmorepics!.myspace!.com/index!.cf!.!.!. all of these were done on bulb setting with a remote!.!. when we were ready to start the design, we would say go, and the other would start the shot, then when we were done, we would say stop and of course they would end the picture!.!. also, the pic you show, looks like someone took it and there was a light somewhere, and there was a little camera shake!.!. i have several of these from where i was in a cemetery at night and i did not have the camera on the right setting, so there were little stray lines of light going everywhere!.!.!. (looked very much like the ones in the picture!!)Www@QuestionHome@Com I am not sure how this was made!. If someone "drew" with light-sticks, where are they in the pic!? This may be a fake done in photoshop!. There is a pic of Picasso taken by Mili where he drew a centaur with a light pen!. http://home!.pacbell!.net/imm/Pages/Picass!.!.!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Gjon_Mili I couldn't find info on exactly how it was done!. But it was a relatively long exposure!.Www@QuestionHome@Com just use a 5 second exposure and a tripod to hold the camera stillWww@QuestionHome@Com photoshop maybe idkWww@QuestionHome@Com im guessing photoshop!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I've been wondering the same thing! I can't figure it out!. But no, that isn't photoshop!. :/Www@QuestionHome@Com |
