by Caryn Esplin | Jan 11, 2012 | Blog, Light Painting, Places
These two spots are familiar landmarks to those who spend any time in Quartzite, Arizona. I just love cruising Main Street to enjoy the old gas pumps, windmills, cacti, and various crumbling stone and adobe buildings. I love to shoot things at night, at sunrise or...
by Caryn Esplin | Sep 20, 2011 | Blog, Light Painting
Dave Black Workshop Fisherman’s Gear Light Painting This was the second of four light paintings we did under the direction of Dave Black in his pre-conference workshop at Photoshop World last week. Ron helped with this scene and we each took turns using...
by Caryn Esplin | Sep 18, 2011 | Blog, Gallery, Light Painting
Light Painting 1/4: Cowboy Gear: Dave Black Workshop This is the first of four of the light paintings I did in Dave Black’s workshop at Photoshop World Sept. 6, 2011. It was fun to watch this photo artist and master teacher in action. Dave is the pioneer of...
by Caryn Esplin | Sep 3, 2011 | Blog, Light Painting
WHICH IS BEST? What do you think of these and which if your favorite? To create this light painting, I used a tripod, then took two hours worth of different images, where l light painted portions of the image. Sometimes we had two spot lights going, but other times it...
by Caryn Esplin | Sep 1, 2011 | Best, Blog, Gallery, Light Painting, People
No tonemapping- I used Camera Raw on the final merged light painting to change up the colors and light. What do you think? Blending 16 images into one merged light painting I took dozens of photos, at about ten seconds long each, while painting the light in with LED...
by Caryn Esplin | Aug 31, 2011 | Blog, Light Painting
ORIGINAL LIGHT PAINTING of this truck was a bit bright, and things were pretty flat as well. The Magic of Camera Raw – Light Painting in Post Production Can I just say that I love Camera Raw? I light painted this photo the other night, but it did not do too...