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.
This image above gives you an idea what the ambient exposure looks like with and without the flashlight work.
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.
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.
Haha, yes falling down is less than perfect.
I don’t always paint trees, but when I do they’re happy…
Absolutely right.
That’s a honey of a tree Clark…is it real?
The lights aren’t twinkling, Clark.
just one good flashlight to make the happy little campsite painting?
Indeed, good sir.
Specifically, this one.