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How to: Paint with Light

2007_04_12 paintin-with-light.pngNow this is an interesting way to use your camera. Over at Lifehacker, they show us that a long exposure and a light source (flashlight or lighter) can result in some pretty cool images. While we haven't tried this technique ourselves, Picasso has used essentially the same technique in his Space Drawings to 'paint' a minotaur. A sample of the Picasso piece can be seen after the jump...

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(Re-edited from a post originally published 04.12.07)

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I learnt how to do this on my photography course. A lot of fun and you can come up with some funny things.

posted by AndyJohnson on 2007-04-12 15:33:29
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The toss might be doable with a disposable camera.

posted by ebrown on 2007-04-12 23:18:16
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