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Led light strings
May 22, 2019 10:35:24 #
A friend lent me some battery powered LED lights. The strands were about 7 feet long and the power source was a small watch battery. These were the lights I used to light the glass blocks in the hotel room. We've also been experimenting with using them more directly. On Amazon you can find all kinds of lighting like this so I think we're going to order some and try some other concepts. Below are some attempts that I may develop further.
May 22, 2019 16:12:51 #
Believe I would crop off top of #1, the white oblong things. #2 is a winner, maybe tone down or delete that one bright red light at her throat - drew my eye. #3 didn't quite get there for me but a brave attempt.
May 22, 2019 16:49:49 #
Stardust wrote:
Believe I would crop off top of #1, the white oblong things. #2 is a winner, maybe tone down or delete that one bright red light at her throat - drew my eye. #3 didn't quite get there for me but a brave attempt.
I thought I did crop #1 You're right, those are the battery holders. I had the lights draped over a backdrop bar about a foot in front of a black wall. She was about 5 feet in front of the lights on a draped box.
#3 was thrown in for fun and to show the trails the lights could make with even a relatively short exposure. I have a bunch of ideas that might move the lights while the model stays stationary. That's the beauty of the battery power.
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May 22, 2019 20:00:03 #
InfiniteISO wrote:
You might want to try something like in my early days of shooting kids playing with sparklers outside (making patterns) on a long exposure, then would fire a very short duration flash to freeze the child. Yours of course would be using your lights.#3 was thrown in for fun and to show the trails the lights could make with even a relatively short exposure. I have a bunch of ideas that might move the lights while the model stays stationary. That's the beauty of the battery power.
May 22, 2019 21:23:23 #
Stardust wrote:
You might want to try something like in my early days of shooting kids playing with sparklers outside (making patterns) on a long exposure, then would fire a very short duration flash to freeze the child. Yours of course would be using your lights.
Yes, a longish exposure with a back curtain flash. I'll try it.
May 23, 2019 08:23:17 #
I have a strip of those and never used them so will have to try! Unfortunately the big trick will be finding them! Nice stuff.
May 23, 2019 09:20:15 #
vertigo wrote:
I have a strip of those and never used them so will have to try! Unfortunately the big trick will be finding them! Nice stuff.
I think my friend paid about $15 for 10 strands, so you could just order more, LOL
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May 23, 2019 10:23:12 #
May 23, 2019 21:52:59 #
Very creative and interesting.
--Bob
--Bob
InfiniteISO wrote:
A friend lent me some battery powered LED lights. The strands were about 7 feet long and the power source was a small watch battery. These were the lights I used to light the glass blocks in the hotel room. We've also been experimenting with using them more directly. On Amazon you can find all kinds of lighting like this so I think we're going to order some and try some other concepts. Below are some attempts that I may develop further.
May 24, 2019 00:24:33 #
I think I'd crop about half of the "negative" space above her head in #1, otherwise it is terrific. Shot #2, you're close to something very cool with the lights strung around and the blue hues they cast, the goal (I think) would be capturing in the entirety of the shot what you have in this one from her entire right arm, shoulder, and breast. #3 has a very techno-dreamlike quality to it; I could imagine a fuller developed series of shots with her walking towards the camera as she warps, blurs, jerks, in and out of focus/reality.
Keep experimenting, you strike gold more often than you may think.
Keep experimenting, you strike gold more often than you may think.
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