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Dusty Cameras

In a complete 180 from my last post, let's talk about shooting film.

Phoning It In

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.

Mixed Light and Doing More with Less

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.

Manual Lenses: Balancing Fire and Sky

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.

Dissecting Photons

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.

Shaping EL Wire

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

Man On Fire

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

A Perfect Circle

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

Light Painting Primer

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.