Light Shots

 Light Sketching - Inner Light: 11/6/2011; 10:26pm; Ashton, ID; f 3.4; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Blurred Lights - Photo In Progress: 11/6/2011; 11:08pm; Ashton, ID; f 4; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Blurred Lights - Bike Right: 12/6/2011; 11:06pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Blurred Lights - Crisscross: 12/6/2011; 11:06pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Blurred Lights - Bike Hue: 12/6/2011; 11:11pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Blurred Lights - Tangled: 12/6/2011; 11:12pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Blurred Lights - Center Zag: 12/6/2011; 11:14pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Blurred Lights - Side Lights: 12/6/2011; 11:16pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Blurred Lights - Thrice: 12/6/2011; 11:20pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Blurred Lights - Figure Eight: 12/6/2011; 11:28pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Light Painting - Luna Ride: 12/6/2011; 11:46pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Smoke - Frustration Contained: 13/6/2011; 2:10pm; Rexburg, ID; f 4.5; 1/4; Canon PowerShot SX130

Smoke - Beautiful Whisper: 13/6/2011; 1:56pm; Rexburg, ID; f 4; 1"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Smoke- Azure: 13/6/2011; 2:14pm; Rexburg, ID; f 4; 1; Canon PowerShot SX130

Smoke - Dim: 13/6/2011; 2:14pm; Rexburg, ID; f 4; 1; Canon PowerShot SX130

Smoke - Rose: 13/6/2011; 2:18pm; Rexburg, ID; f 3.5; 1; Canon PowerShot SX130

Smoke - Warm Glow: 13/6/2011; 2:18pm; Rexburg, ID; f 3.5; 1; Canon PowerShot SX130

Smoke - Antique Light: 13/6/2011; 2:18pm; Rexburg, ID; f 3.5; 1; Canon PowerShot SX130

Smoke - Fade: 13/6/2011; 2:27pm; Rexburg, ID; f 3.5; 0.4; Canon PowerShot SX130

Smoke - Chill: 13/6/2011; 2:27pm; Rexburg, ID; f 3.5; 0.4; Canon PowerShot SX130

Smoke - Direct Positive: 13/6/2011; 2:27pm; Rexburg, ID; f 3.5; 0.4; Canon PowerShot SX130

Smoke - Split Tone 4: 13/6/2011; 2:27pm; Rexburg, ID; f 3.5; 0.4; Canon PowerShot SX130

This is where the magic happens

Light Sketching - Baby: 10/6/2011; 11:48pm; Rexburg, ID; f 9; 13"; Nikon D3100

Light Sketching - Color CP1: 10/6/2011; 11:48pm; Rexburg, ID; f 9; 13"; Nikon D3100

Light Sketching - Night Ride: 10/6/2011; 12:12pm; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 20"; Nikon D3100

Blurred Lights - Fat Cats: 10/6/2011; 10:02pm; Rexburg, ID; f 5; 3.2"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Camera Motion - Loop Pool: 10/6/2011; 10:02pm; Rexburg, ID; f 5; 3.2"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Camera Motion - Pool Loop: 10/6/2011; 10:02pm; Rexburg, ID; f 5; 3.2"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Camera Motion - Green Jazz: 10/6/2011; 10:05pm; Rexburg, ID; f 4.5; 8"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Camera Motion - Orange Counter: 10/6/2011; 10:05pm; Rexburg, ID; f 4.5; 8"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Blurred Lights - White Hot: 10/6/2011; 10:36pm; Rexburg, ID; f 5; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Blurred Lights - Circle of Life: 10/6/2011; 10:36pm; Rexburg, ID; f 5; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Blurred Lights - TriFry: 10/6/2011; 10:39pm; Rexburg, ID; f 5; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Blurred Lights - Athlete's Foot: 10/6/2011; 11:13pm; Rexburg, ID; f 4.5; 6"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Light Painting - Hot Wheels: 10/6/2011; 11:19pm; Rexburg, ID; f 4.5; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Light Painting - Inferno:10/6/2011; 11:21pm; Rexburg, ID; f 4.5; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Light Painting - Wheels: 10/6/2011; 10:21pm; Rexburg, ID; f 4.5; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Light Painting - Love: 10/6/2011; 11:31pm; Rexburg, ID; f 4.5; 15"; Canon PowerShot SX130

Light Painting/Sketching - Neon Lighter: 10/6/2011; 12:30am; Rexburg, ID; f 4.5; 10"; Canon PowerShot SX130

These pictures were fun to do. For all these pictures (except for the camera motion) I had a tripod or set the camera on the ground. For the pictures with lots of bright lights I set my aperture to a really low number (usually around 4.5 or the losest I could go). The lower aperture will give the greatest amount of "neon" light effects. 

For the smoke shots I sat on my bathroom floor and focused the camera on the glass. I couldn't get the shot with my point and shoot so I used a cup to capture the smoke and shined a light on the bottom of the glass. I set my camera to take 10 shots and I turned the flash light on and off like a strobe light to get the effect. I kept missing the shots so I developed the strobe light method to get a lower light for the picture. I used Lightroom to edit the colors to give it a different look and feel. 

For the light movement shots those are my friends motorcycles. I didn't have a tripod so I put it on the ground and had them drive in different directions (until the cops had us leave :). The circle shots are them riding in a circule or figure 8. Sometimes the headlight would "blind" the camera with a huge light so I covered the lens as the turned around. One shot has three bike trails and for that one I set the camera to have a timer and got on my bike to and drove with them.

For the neon bike effect I just put a flashlight really close to the people and let their colors come out. Having them stand next to a background with colors give a nice accent. 

I hope you enjoyed those pictures :) They were really fun to make.