Light painting, also known as light drawing is a photographic technique in which exposures are made usually at night or in a darkened room by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera. In many cases the light source itself does not have to appear in the image. The term light painting also encompasses images lit from outside the frame with hand-held light sources such as torches.
How to do it:
· You can either paint with light by moving your camera (also known as camera painting) or by using a tripod to steady your camera and painting with hand-held light sources. · Push your shutter speed up to about 15seconds, you can change this after your first test shot.
· Set your iso speed low if you want to minimize grainyness of your photo
· Its usually better to underexpose than overexpose so that your subject stands out from the background.
· Light painting is only restricted by your imagination and what you want to achieve
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