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 flashlights to light up the scene. It was pitch dark, so we used a 15-second exposure with close, detailed light painting. The extreme shallow depth of field comes from Ron’s tilt shift lens. It kind of give this an artsy, dreamy effect. The white balance was right on and I love the result of the blurry areas.
Caryn Esplin - Fisherman's Gear - Light Painting - 15 second exposure
I must say, this workshop makes me ever more committed to continue this style of photography. I have always enjoyed capturing lights with a camera, from the first time my friends and I took a camera in our dark storage room and shined flashlights on our faces. This technique is much more artistic and I am totally enthralled with the possibilities it offers those who don’t mind spending a lot of time in the dark.
This is the tabletop setup before we turned the lights out - Caryn Esplin - Fisherman's Gear Setup - Light Painting
Was this Dave Blacks tilt-shift lens?! You did a great job of it too… and I like how you too got a shot of the scene that was set up. 🙂
Ron, Dave’s assistant, had the tilt-shift lens. It is awesome, but expensive. They both work for Nikon, so it was a good selling point for the lens. I am not opposed to adding a little guassian blur in post production, but purists want to capture everything in- camera. It is nice, but can get spendy.
I love the photo! It turned out like one of Dave Black’s! Great job!