Questions tagged “light painting”

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How can I do long-exposure light trails or light painting on an Android phone?

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Gilles Quénot

1y ago

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258

How can I turn a selected color range to black in darktable?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

6y ago

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How can I create light streaks like this in-camera?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

8y ago

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134

Can off-camera flash help with light painting for car and motorcycle photography?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

9y ago

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Can a smartphone recreate a steel-wool spark long-exposure effect?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

10y ago

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How can I recreate this kind of desert tree light-painting, and would it use flash, LEDs, or a flashlight?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

10y ago

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How can I compare flashlight specs for long-distance light painting?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

11y ago

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How do I avoid a translucent subject in a light-painted portrait?

ghosting light-painting portrait long-exposure flash

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

11y ago

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163

How can I capture both a visible foreground and the Milky Way in one photo?

light-painting milky-way long-exposure astrophotography flash

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

11y ago

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168

What creative photography experiments can I try with a bridge camera?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

11y ago

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How can I get more sparks and a longer burn in steel wool photography?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

12y ago

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Can an Android phone camera do a 20-second exposure for light painting?

light-painting android camera-apps long-exposure smartphone-photography

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

12y ago

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For light painting with a small LED torch, should I point the light at the object or toward the camera?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

13y ago

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How can I keep my subject sharp while creating a circular light trail around them?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

13y ago

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How can you light-paint around a sharp, in-focus subject?

compositing light-painting long-exposure off-camera-flash flash

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

13y ago

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How can I create a glowing outline or light-trail effect around a subject?

light-painting photoshop night-photography long-exposure light-trails

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

13y ago

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How do I create light trails while keeping the subject sharp on a Nikon P510?

light-painting long-exposure nikon-p510 light-trails flash

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

13y ago

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How can I evenly light very large cave interiors for photography?

lighting light-painting cave-photography long-exposure flash

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

13y ago

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Can any digital cameras preview a long exposure while it is still being captured?

live-view light-painting olympus long-exposure bulb-mode

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

13y ago

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Can you combine multiple exposures to make longer light-painting photos?

light-painting night-photography post-processing long-exposure smartphone-photography

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

14y ago

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