Light Painting
photo = from the Greek phos meaning light
graph = from the Greek graphe meaning writing
The word photography translates as drawing (or writing) with light
graph = from the Greek graphe meaning writing
The word photography translates as drawing (or writing) with light
Gjon mili
He was born on november 28th, 1904 and died on february 14th 1984. Gjon mili was an Albanian-American photographer best known for his work published in Life, which he photographed artists such a Pablo Picasso. He was the first self taught photographer to take pictures using electronic flash & stroboscopic light for dancers. He was also interested in taking photos of sports as well as dancers, he also got Picasso using small light sources in a dark room.
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I see an artist painting a painting with light, compared to Karsten Knofler and Darren Pearson he is my favourite because his light paintings are darker and more majestic.
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This piece also had an unusual title called 'skaters in the air'. In this light painting the flash stops mid jump (leap). This is a naturalistic and abstract piece this is because of the dancer and the strokes of light, most of Gjon's work is black and grey because of the time it was created.
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The shapes are all very circular and curved this is because of the spinning movement from the dancer. The light colour is bright white and the photo is grey and black, there would had to be multiple takes for you to be able to tell a movement is there.
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First attempt
We had to learn how to create a light painting, they were not easy to make and correct we are still getting them wrong to this day but are also coming out really good. We had some successful pictures coming towards the end of the lesson but only did simple designs such as squiggly lines. Ms taught us how to be able to take a photo on the camera, how to take a photo using a flash in the dark. There are many photograms that came out great! they were colourful and sucessful, the only problem is how some photos the background
was lighter then others. The most successful one was where the background were almost pitch black but the model was clear and the
pen lights were clear, however there were no clear drawings they are not perfect we were not creative and only did squiggly lines.
was lighter then others. The most successful one was where the background were almost pitch black but the model was clear and the
pen lights were clear, however there were no clear drawings they are not perfect we were not creative and only did squiggly lines.
Second attempt
This was our second try at taking light paintings which unfortunately we had better photos before hand this is because we had explored different times and f-stops to see which would give us the best result, either some were too dark or too light/white.
However when the photo was mostly dark, the light paintings looked effective where the LED lights were mixed with a figure that you could make out. Some photos unfortunely came out blurry or out of time so people were accidently in the shot.
The best photos we took were towards the end where the photos were bright but you could see the person, the shadow and the lights so was interesting.
The dark room was hard to work with since there was not much room but the I actually quite like the look of the background.
However when the photo was mostly dark, the light paintings looked effective where the LED lights were mixed with a figure that you could make out. Some photos unfortunely came out blurry or out of time so people were accidently in the shot.
The best photos we took were towards the end where the photos were bright but you could see the person, the shadow and the lights so was interesting.
The dark room was hard to work with since there was not much room but the I actually quite like the look of the background.