How to Do Light Painting
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This is a particularly interesting (and fun) genre of long exposure photography, usually done at night, and you use it to illuminate a foreground object (for example, some rocks in your foreground) while your shutter is open. You literally take a small flashlight and “paint” over an area with a few strokes, and when your exposure is complete, that area where you painted is “lit” and clearly visible. You can go from subtly lighting an area to making it look like you set up studio strobes, and it’s all based on how long you paint with that light on. First, you’ll need a flashlight of some sort (see ...
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