Painting with light is a technique in photography that I've already explored briefly last year but I wasn't able to find the right "thing" to do...
the Ball of Light is a fairly simple idea that gives great results so I decided to give it a try...
the tool needed is a commonly found in Europe/USA battery-operated christmas-light string of led-bulbs.
Unfortunately in Thailand all x-mas lights come with a wire and a plug and cannot be converted as they require different voltage...
after searching everywhere in Khao Lak and Phuket, I've finally found a VALID alternative: color led to "pimp your car"!!! They even come in a clear plastic box with a button and batteries (TRY ME! written all over the package)... I thought I was in heaven! a dozen in a clear plastic tube, 9 on a small squared circuit board, on a circle for the head lamps, white, blue... I just needed to grab 2 squared ones and go home to McGuiver-ize them!
Snip-Snip, cut the cable from the button, switch it with an on/off switch, extended the cable from the switch to the circuit board and there you go! 24 blue led (12 each side) with nearly 2m of cable, now I can swing the light!
Next step was to find an appropriate dark location and the beach in Nang Thong is near, dark and has a lighthouse few meters off the beach (nice!)
Tripod? check!
Camera? check!
Wide angle lens? check!
Remote control for long exposure? check!
Swinging light? check!
Sexy assistant? check!
Let's go!
The night was fine, slightly breezy, luckily without rain... YET!
Equipment set, swinger (me) ready, assistant operating remote shutter ready...
this is the first result:
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not bad as first attempt! wisely enough I remembered to mark a cross on the sand where the light would have had to swing... with a shutter of 65" and aperture f6.3 you can still see my silhouette inside the right side of the ball...
second picture:
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Here comes another one:
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shutter at 140" or 2'20" and f8
Last chance I had at it before the storm was a much closer to the camera shot:
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Anyway, overall I'm pleased with this mini improvised project! however, given the rain, I couldn't mess around with all my ideas; accordingly, I played with them in photoshop...
Can't wait to find another location for more balls of light!!!
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Really stunning photography! can't wait to see more.........
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