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Bob Ross, with a flashlight

February 24, 2015 by Alex Landeen 8 Comments

Step 1 – Go camping somewhere cool with happy trees.
Step 2 – Get to campsite without breaking your truck. If you do have issues, surround yourself with fix-it guys to scratch and grunt until repairs are complete.
Step 3 – Pour “creative juice” down your throat and fill your belly with delicious grilled vittles until it is dark and you are ready to work.
Step 4 – Locate your good flashlight.
Step 4 – Find your spot, get your subject properly framed and low-light camera settings correct for the ambient light. I went more in-depth on this in the BI post.
Step 5 – Open shutter and start painting.
Step 6 – Don’t fall down while running around nature in the dark.

landeen_blog-6053This image above gives you an idea what the ambient exposure looks like with and without the flashlight work.

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30 sec
f/4
ISO 3200
10.5mm fisheye

We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”
“You can do anything you want to do. This is your world.”
-Bob Ross

-Alex “happy accident” Landeen.

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Comments

  1. Mike Sepelak says

    February 24, 2015 at 2:01 pm

    As always, your light paintings blow me away. Amazing what a little “creative juice” brings to the surface. I’ll try not to fall down.

    Reply
    • Alex Landeen says

      February 24, 2015 at 4:27 pm

      Haha, yes falling down is less than perfect.

      Reply
  2. Kristen says

    February 24, 2015 at 5:36 pm

    I don’t always paint trees, but when I do they’re happy…

    Reply
    • Alex Landeen says

      February 25, 2015 at 2:03 pm

      Absolutely right.

      Reply
  3. David says

    February 25, 2015 at 7:34 am

    That’s a honey of a tree Clark…is it real?

    Reply
    • Alex Landeen says

      February 25, 2015 at 1:59 pm

      The lights aren’t twinkling, Clark.

      Reply
  4. chris says

    February 25, 2015 at 9:03 am

    just one good flashlight to make the happy little campsite painting?

    Reply
    • Alex Landeen says

      February 25, 2015 at 2:02 pm

      Indeed, good sir.
      Specifically, this one.

      Reply

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