A few years back I came across a really awesome photography technique called light painting. I have always been inspired to give it a try myself and see how easy and fun this can be. So with my glow lights, Super Bright LED’s and flashlights I was finally given the chance to try out these skills on the lovely Emily Nickles.

But first before we get to the goods let me explain how a Light Painting photograph is taken. First you start with a DSLR, or SLR camera that can maintain shutter speeds higher than 20 seconds; second a dark, really dark, so dark your scared room. You have to remember that a camera uses light to capture images, so if you have light leaking into your room it can cause you some unwanted light in your photos. Lastly you will need some form of light, either a flashlight, LED’s or glow sticks that you can wave around your subject like a mad man.

In my example for you I have a model, a very naked model, who was kind enough to hold still for up to 30 seconds for each photo while I tip-toed, danced and flung my arms around her like some crazed kid at a Rave. Believe it or not, I just gave away my technique for doing light painting. That’s right, hold your shutters open for up to 30 seconds, grab some glow sticks and wave them around like you just don’t care.

This shoot was probably one of the most fun I have had. Emily got a huge kick out of it as well. When I wasn’t trying to step on her in the dark, or hit her in the face with a glow stick, she couldn’t help but laugh. Anyway enough of the babbling, here are a few photos of the results. Oh, if you want to see the NSFW versions, check out my DeviantArt page.