A few years ago I went for a walk one morning during a heavy snow. A teenager approached me and introduced himself as a photographer.

The other day I had a conversation with a friend who is a touring drummer. He said when he first started going on the road he had a huge drum set.

The light work is only half of the equation in a light painting. Making sure the location is visible is just as important, if not more so.

I really dig fog. A lot. A whole hell of a lot actually. I even wrote about using it in long exposure photography a few months ago.

Electroluminescent wire (el wire for short) has been used by light painting artists for several years.

In this light painting tutorial I'll explain how to create the fire effect in the above photo.

A Perfect Circle, besides being one of my favorite bands, is also an easy and cool light painting trick.

Often times, people have a hard time believing you can create this kind of stuff without the one stop cure-all miracle known as Photoshop.