There has been some truly innovative work created in recent years using light painting and light drawing techniques. From simple fill light used to open up foreground shadows, to the use of lights with colored gels, to drawing or writing with light by pointing a flashlight back towards the camera, there are many exciting ways to work with added light. In this chapter, we explore light painting and light drawing with portable, handheld light sources.
The word photography translates literally from the Greek as light writing. For night photographers, the term light painting is often ...
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