Ilya Genkin Travel Photography Blog » Lightpainting http://www.genkin.org/blog Fine Art Landscape, Travel and Stock Photography by Ilya Genkin Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:13:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Craig’s Hut, Mt Stirling, Victoria, Australia http://www.genkin.org/blog/index.php/2009/07/20/craigs-hut-mt-stirling-victoria-australia/ http://www.genkin.org/blog/index.php/2009/07/20/craigs-hut-mt-stirling-victoria-australia/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:50:40 +0000 Ilya Genkin http://www.genkin.org/blog/?p=226
Craig's Hut, Alpine National Park, Victoria, Australia

Another photo of the Craig’s Hut that located in the Mansfield State Forest on Mt Stirling. If you want to know more about this place and how to get there please check my first post about Craig’s Hut.

Kind of lightpainting photo. I highlighted windows and doorway with my favorite lightning tool: Energizer Dolphin torch, cheap but great tool.

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More images: Gallery of Alpine and Mountain Landscapes Stock Images.

]]> http://www.genkin.org/blog/index.php/2009/07/20/craigs-hut-mt-stirling-victoria-australia/feed/ 9 Dodwell Observatory with Moon and Venus in Night Sky, Arkaroola, SA, Australia http://www.genkin.org/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/dodwell-observatory-with-moon-and-venus-in-night-sky-arkaroola-sa-australia/ http://www.genkin.org/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/dodwell-observatory-with-moon-and-venus-in-night-sky-arkaroola-sa-australia/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:12:49 +0000 Ilya Genkin http://www.genkin.org/blog/?p=87
Dodwell Observatory with Moon and Venus in Night Sky, Arkaroola, SA, Australia

My parents were (they are doing well but they retired) professional astronomers and I inherited their love to the night sky. And I’m trying to visit any observatory or large telescope (including radio ones) I can find. That was one of the reasons I went to Arkaroola, South Australia last Christmas – New Year holidays. I want to see the most isolated observatory in Australia. It was absolutely fantastic journey! Finally I finished with all photos so after the Easter I will start posting them.

Sorry, back to the Arkaroola. This photo was made about 45 minutes or 1 hour after sunset. The horizon was still quite bright. I did some light painting session and highlighted the observatory and foreground with powerful torch. I also did star trails photo there – will show it a little bit later.

This photo combines two techniques – night photography and light painting. For those of you who interested in night photography and light painting I can recommend Brent Pearson’s book “Night Photography and Light Painting”. I bought it recently and I must say that it’s a great book with detailed tools and technique explanations, step-by-step instructions etc. Even if you already know that subject I’m pretty sure you would find something new there. Highly recommended.

You can order this eBook on his site Night Photography & Light Painting. Also he has quite interresting blog Brent Pearson – My Photographic Journey

And back to Arkaroola again.
Arkaroola’s Astronomical Observatory
Arkaroola
Arkaroola on Wikipedia
Arkaroola’s Observatory on Google Maps

]]> http://www.genkin.org/blog/index.php/2009/04/07/dodwell-observatory-with-moon-and-venus-in-night-sky-arkaroola-sa-australia/feed/ 1 Abandoned Farmhouse. Binalong, NSW, Australia. Lightpainting. http://www.genkin.org/blog/index.php/2009/02/23/abandoned-farmhouse-binalong-nsw-australia-lightpainting/ http://www.genkin.org/blog/index.php/2009/02/23/abandoned-farmhouse-binalong-nsw-australia-lightpainting/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:17:25 +0000 Ilya Genkin http://www.genkin.org/blog/?p=33
Abandoned Farmhouse. Binalong, NSW, Australia. Lightpainting.

Last October my wife and I did a sightseeing trip to Binalong and Boorowa in Southern Tablelands in NSW. Binalong is a sleepy village in a 37 km north-west of Yass. We stopped for a coffee at Binalong general store and asked about old and abandoned farmhouses. Lady at the counter pointerd to an old man, who was so kind to explain everything and moreover to get a ride with us, to show us all old farmhouses nearby and to get all permissions, as everything were situated on private lands.

I had clear thoughts of what I want – I wanted a lightpainting session in a rural area. I prefer to use a powerful torch outdoors instead of a flash. Please, don’t understand me wrong – flash is a great tool and some times it’s the only way to get a picture. But flash gives more predictable and more even light than a torch. Lightpainted picture is unique as it’s impossible to highlight something in the same way using a torch. You are a painter but with a torch instead of a brush and light instead of a palette colors. All you need is a camera with bulb mode (or at least 30 sec shutter speed), tripod, cable release or remote control and a torch. I was using a $15 torch from a general store. I waited for about 40 or 60 minutes after sunset and made a series of shots at ISO200, f8, 30 sec, Daylight WB and long exposure noise reduction function turned on. During taking picture I was constantly moving the light beam over the house, grass and fireplace. I tried to highlight the house from different angles, highlight rooms inside the house. With LCD on digital camera I was able to check results straight away and make necessary changes.

Famous sports photographer Dave Black has written a few fantastic articles with step-by-step instructions for lightpainting. I also can recommend to watch his great lightpainting video tutorial at Sports Shooter.

More images: Gallery of Regional New South Wales Stock Images – Australia Stock Photography.






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