Everything Looks Different at Night - Day 29

A Porch, a Deck Chair and a Flashlight    

Light-Painting a Deck Chair on the Porch   

- makes a dramatic play of highlights and shadows.    

There is no direct light on the deck chair, and this photograph was lit entirely with the moving beam of a flashlight. Dark shadows are most well-defined where the light from the flashlight went back over the same area more than once, which is also where the highlights on the porch wall and the detail in the chair are best depicted, too.     

         

Everything Looks Different at Night - Day 28

Grapes, a Glass Bowl and a Flashlight    

Light-Painting a Glass Bowlful  of Grapes   

- makes a dramatic play of highlights and shadows.    

At night, with no direct light on the bowl of grapes except the flashlight beam, the camera is able to create an image which is a record of where the light has traveled while the shutter was open. And the grapes are isolated and spotlighted in the scene.  

         

Everything Looks Different at Night - Day 27

Painting with a Flashlight    

Light-Painting a Geranium Plant   

- makes a dramatic play of highlights and shadows.    

Cameras can create images that the human eye could never perceive. With no other light source except a flashlight beamed around the blossoms of the plant, and with the camera set to make a long enough exposure, the geranium plant becomes a dynamic sculpture in color and texture.