Having fun with light!

Long exposures at night time are usually used to capture traffic driving past, and you will get a streak of light coming from the headlamps of the car. But you can do so much more with light at night time! These are a few examples of experimentation with light at night.

Firstly we have the same principal of a standard long exposure but doing it over a large amount of time, and in a strange location instead of a road in a city centre. The photo is actually capturing rally cars going down a hill.

Original image from - http://www.flickr.com/photos/buckshotracing/3590874926/in/faves-garryjonesphotography

Stencils have been used in graffiti for many years, and considering long exposures/light painting have the nickname light graffiti it would make great sense to use the same technique. The photo here has taken inspiration from Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke, a great Japanese animation movie. Watch Trailer here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkWWWKKA8jY

Original image from - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tigtab/4488746870/in/faves-garryjonesphotography

The last and most complicated of all is star trails, these take a huge amount of time and practise, but are the most spectacular when achieved. As it is such a long process I have found another blog that has a step by step guide on how to shoot star trails - http://www.liquidinplastic.com/2008/06/startrails/ lets go streaking will tell u everything u need to no.

Original image from - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gerry_kingsley/4258278569/in/faves-garryjonesphotography