Friday, November 26
Light Graffiti: painting your pictures with light and long exposure
by Karen RobertAfter my posting a few days ago on the Sigler family Christmas card using long exposure in their photos, I decided to do a little more research into this new art form. People are calling it light graffiti. It is similar to graffiti tagging, but the good news is that the effect created by the light is no longer visible after the artist moves on. What a great concept to use for your card. An image like this would make for great invitiations, Christmas cards, or even as a way of sending a message like, “I love you” or “will you marry me?” How original would that be?
In order to make light graffiti all you need is a light source, such as a flashlight, light saber, glowstick, blinking LED light or sparklers. For the best results you should use a tripod when taking pictures. The exposure on your camera should be set to between 10 and 30 seconds, but can be as long as you need to get the effect you want. Set the camera to iso100 and close the aperture as much as you can. By standing in front of the camera and moving around you will become nothing more than a blur. Or, if you choose to stay still and interact with the light image, you can still be seen in the photo. Wherever the light is moved a streak of light is created that will show up in the photo later. 
Light graffiti message saying “I am here”
Light Grafitti New Year’s Message
Light Graffiti saying “Happy Holidays”
Light graffiti showing hearts
Light graffiti of a guy losing his cool
Light graffiti of an angel….
…and a devil
Using light to show the statues enjoying a little music,
A Light Ghost resting
A lost city of lights
Light graffiti of pac man
Light Graffiti Spider
Light graffiti of a soccer goal 
Light graffiti of a car chasing a man
Light graffiti of a people crossing a crosswalk 
Light graffiti of a girl showing her aura?
Light graffiti of figure making crop circles
Light graffiti of a rocker and his guitar 
Light graffiti of the word “sky” up in the sky
Light graffiti of a couple using long exposure and light
Light graffiti of a VW van looking ghostly
Of course, with this time of year upon us, I am thinking everyone should go out and make a Holiday card like this, I’m thinking about it…but I have other ideas as well. More to come.
