Easy Photography Tips – Painting With Light by Richard Emmanuel
PAINTING WITH LIGHT
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with Richard Emmanuel
Monet, Renoir and the Impressionists used paint and brushstrokes to simulate the movement of light. There is an artistry to capture the changes in light across time. A famous series of photographs featuring long exposure shots of Pablo Picasso drawing with a light pen were taken in 1949 by Albanian photographer and photoflash pioneer, Gjon Mili. Needless to say, Light Painting, also known as Light Graffiti, is not a new concept but it is a fun and easy one that many photographers have not yet explored. Richard Emmanuel can show you how to use light as a paintbrush and add a new dimension to your photographs.
The concept is simple: While a camera
