Light grafitti photography - Saxperience

Agent-VIP · 9th January 2009, 11:23

I did a similiar picture to this a few years ago now, just out of the blue.. (the first one, being mine)

And, i've just seen a whole lot of them on the front page of Digg.. which.. quite honestly are pretty awsome!

Just wondering.. anyone else done any like this?

(did a search, but couldn't find related topic)

Click here for more of these, btw.

Barry123 · 9th January 2009, 11:34

that second one is absolutely aaaaaaaaaaaaawesome!!!!

djrem · 9th January 2009, 11:46

thats well cool.
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mattchewone · 9th January 2009, 12:13

+1 on that second one thats awesome!

I want to have a go at this in the summer when its warmer outside lol. Too cold to go out and do this.

Danr · 9th January 2009, 12:29

It really is cool. Would be awesome to do some of it well!

Jorge- · 9th January 2009, 12:32

How are these done then, long exposure then how do you define the shapes?

SaxoMuffin · 9th January 2009, 18:00

yh how are they done the second one is epic...

phillyh · 9th January 2009, 18:53

How long was the shutter open for that second one mate?
friggin awesome!

Steve · 9th January 2009, 18:58

2nd one as sayer said... awesome

d4r3n · 9th January 2009, 19:46

awsome pics as said 2nd one is mint

Jungle_Jim^m · 10th January 2009, 13:40

cool thread, i love stuff like this, nice pics,

i shot these about a year ago for a project for uni.

and im currently doing something similar but its not finished yet, heres just a test shot, i shot it in my garage so its was totally dark. with a pure black background i can then layer it over another enviroment later on and just adjust the layer blending option to remove the black

Agent-VIP · 10th January 2009, 14:51

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Originally Posted by SaxoMuffin

yh how are they done the second one is epic...

One of the options on my camera is to shoot "stars".

Quite obviously, just to take a real quick shot of some stars would result in a poor picture, with not much light or detail at all.

The option on the camera allows the shutter to be open for (in my case) 15 seconds. This allows the stars light to expose a little more? (Maybe Jim or Sayer can give a bit better explanation.. or probabally correct me?)

Doing this in a dark room, with a bright light (I used my phone iirc) Gives a similiar effect.

Mine went a *little* bit dodgey, as you can see me making the shapes.

Not sure how you'd go about making it so you're not in the picture though?

Paul^p · 11th January 2009, 01:19

I see a ghost in 3rd one :o

Penn · 11th January 2009, 02:49

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Originally Posted by Agent-VIP

Not sure how you'd go about making it so you're not in the picture though?

That's what I'm trying to work out. Can understand if it's got a backdrop such as a wall but the ones seemingly in the middle of nothing???

Mark51^p · 11th January 2009, 09:09

i like, must be harder to do the bigger the picture is unless you have super fast arms

CazLad · 12th January 2009, 01:20

there awesome mate. Had a mate who did this for his col project but that second pic is awesome!

frankie · 12th January 2009, 01:28

there mint.

really like jungle_jim's

Ben · 12th January 2009, 01:29

All those pictures are awesome. Good effort, very professional too

Mrk1 · 12th January 2009, 01:53

Really love these, theres some guys from germany that do some amazing light graffiti. Did alot of research on this for an A-level photgraphy project and had a little go myself, will see if I can dig out some shots and find out the german groups name.

Mrk1 · 12th January 2009, 02:36

The german group of light graffiti artists are called the Licht Faktor and have a whole load of photos in an urban style HERE and on myspace - if anyone is interested.

And here are some I did over a motorway bridge and one with a bike light in a park I think they came out alright!