After a ridiculously hot summer shooting in central park and almost falling off of skateboards, we took this shoot indoors. To follow the thread of “controlling the path of light”, we bought a remote control car on ebay and strapped a bunch of lights to it. The red light is a glo stick dragging behind [...]
Not a month after our shoot in some Queens alley, we decided to branch out a little, location-wise. Roosevelt Island in New York was an obvious choice because, a) it was within walking distance from my place in Queens and b) it was always really quiet at night. I had lived there for 2 weeks [...]
After our experiment drawing simple shapes with those finger lights from the laundromat, we started to see the potential in using different light sources. So to prepare for a visit from Michelle (she was living in Kentucky at the time, flying up to NY when she could) I braved the crowds near the Empire State [...]
After that first time on the roof with the LED/laser pointer combo, we were hooked. Around the corner from my house in Queens there was a laundromat with one of those vending machines that sells encapsulated sticky hands, gumballs, and temporary tattoos. One day they swapped out the fake gangster jewelry with these LED finger [...]
Great write up from the great Allan Hoffman!
http://www.mrilightpainting.com/lightbomber/
LightBomber lets you create light paintings with your iPhone camera
I’ve loved creating light paintings with cameras ever since I was a 15-year-old with a Konica T4. My friend Scott and I would light sparklers and leave the shutter open on my Konica to produce these wonderful-looking images. I can still remember the thrill of seeing those photos, with their ethereal light trails, coming back from the photo lab. We’d use flashlights of various types, lamps, fireworks — just about anything to paint with light.
But with the iPhone? It’s not so easy. But now there’s LightBomber, an app that’s devoted to creating light trails and light graffiti. I’m just starting to experiment with it, but it is very, very cool, and I’m looking forward to seeing what iPhoneographers do with it.