My First Light Painting with People: Grandpa’s Ghost Truck

by | Sep 1, 2011 | Best, Blog, Gallery, Light Painting, People | 1 comment

Caryn Esplin - Light Painting - Grandpas Ghost Truck

I tonemapped this version to pop the colors. I also tweaked the light in Camera Raw with adjustment brushes.

Here are many of the images I used to create this light painting photo montage

Caryn Esplin - Light Painting - Grandpa's Truck
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 flashlights. Then I chose the best 16 and layered them in Photoshop. It is vital to keep a steady tripod so the images stay aligned. Then I masked different parts of each image to make the composite. The moon came up during this shoot, which provides a nice night light for these two guys out checking grandpa’s old ghost truck.

  1. Jorge Duque
    Jorge Duque on June 25, 2015 at 11:14 pm

    Caryn: como estas?
    Nuevamente por aqui mirando tus bellas fotografias.
    Esta serie es grandiosa!
    Ahora mismo estoy en California de visita en casa de mi hija Taty, con quien hemos visto tus fotos mas recientes. A ella tambien le han gustado mucho.
    Espero sigas enviandome muchas mas fotografias.
    Congratulaciones por tu estupendo trabajo.
    Atte. Jorge Duque