red material & sofa
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I’ve been looking through some of my early photography work this Summer. Before I became interested in photographing Birds, in the mid 1990’s I became interested in “Light Paintings” while I was living in New Mexico. I did a few commercial jobs using this technique in Albuquerque but after I returned to Orlando I wanted to see what I could come up with creatively by “Painting with Light.” Let me know if you like them and would like to see more of the prints.
My process started with draping this red fabric on my living room sofa that I knew would probably work well with the Light Painting process. I used a 4×5 View Camera using Fujichrome transparency film. I could check exposure and test images with Polaroid Film. Next I turn off all the lights in the room, open the shutter of the view camera and begin. I illuminate with a light source enclosed in a dark metal box with no light escaping except through a fiber optic hose and wand. The shutter is open the entire time I am painting the scene with light. During this process I can be in the scene and I will not be seen on film as long as I keep the light off of me. 25 -30 minutes later I close the shutter. One image complete! I usually shot 8-12 images.
