Read this month DCM..
Love this trick..
Gonna playout other trick later on with my frens..

This is my first attempt...


This post has been edited by convicted_knight: Mar 17 2008, 11:06 PM

what is DCM?

lol, i edi played this during valentine n CNY...
hahaha...
try draw something, not ez...

heehe... nice love shape you got there matt...

DCM-Digital Camera Magazine

TS i think u do it outdoor better than in ur dorm

yeah.. i tried outside.. but the pic are in my fren's cam..
tomorrow gonna play somemore...

btw.. is not dorm.. my own room actually.. bahahhah..

my one, if u don't mind me posting



of course the the watermark is put on using photoshop

it's a cool trick, i remember seeing a youtube video wehre some ppl draw animated video with lights... yes frame by frame it's crazy

how u do it?

How to do it..? hhmm...
Dark place + Bulb/very slow shutter + Torchlight or LED light + Skills

Try to get March issue DCM...
Inside they will guide you how...

Lol this is what i did just now, using my memory card reader LOL. Need to find torchlight later. XD Don't have a remote shutter yet. Will get one soon. :3

low shutter speed? long exposure ?

This post has been edited by fcbarcelona-my: Mar 18 2008, 02:28 AM

i did this last time with my s3is,
with the leds light made by myself..





This post has been edited by mindkiller6610: Mar 18 2008, 03:10 AM

I see you bought DCM, good read no

you all very creative mah!

30 seconds hehe. Need remote shutter so can use bulb mode. Then can open the shutter as long as needed to draw things. XD

wah really nice leh,but i dont understand how to do it leh??

lowest ISO,long exposure, small aperture, hold the torch lights and start moving around.

let me guess...
eye on malaysia n KLCC??

lol, this is my pair of electric pants

i don't understand what do the DCM mean about the drawing...how you manage to get away the image of youtself(although your room is litted up)??where were you standing btw??

This post has been edited by Victor3010: Mar 18 2008, 11:54 PM

any camera that can control shutter speed can do this trick..
-set slow shutter.. mine @ 30 sec.. use timer control if dont have remote trigger..
-my aparture set to f.11.. can go to bigger number aparture/smaller aparture size..
-shutter open start drawing at moderate speed, remember you must keep your moving so that you wont be in the picture..
-then voila.. you get light trail effect..
btw, my room was pitch black.. my xenon flashlite seems to light up my room abit..


will post some picture i do with my fren just now..

This post has been edited by convicted_knight: Mar 19 2008, 12:08 AM

Nice series there. I like #4 and #6 of your new series. How long did you guys practice with the drawing before the shoot? How about some interaction with the surrounding as suggested in the article?

Thumbs up!

this technic is called light painting, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_painting

sometimes u need to turn on and off the lights to paint.. check my flickr album

hehe.. Practice abit only.. some interaction with surrounding would be great but have tp find a sweet dark spot first..

TQ TQ... still new to this light painting...

we do turn on n off the light.. will check you flickr out..

good job!! very creative

when u see this, u'll shit brix.





while cornering on the 360 freeway.


writing names.. maiming love.





This post has been edited by dgrebel: Mar 19 2008, 10:12 PM

tarak polis meh?

from uniten to putrajaya where got police.. rarely lor.. huhu

this is so awesome!!

when the lens was pointed forward while driving 120kmph on the freeway.



4-colour combo speed+light trail


This post has been edited by dgrebel: Mar 20 2008, 10:22 AM

brother minkillers...
how u do it with your canon S3??? i thought only slr can o this effect?? teach me please......

my first attempt of this trick




This post has been edited by Grajindo: Mar 21 2008, 11:37 PM

brothers....how to do it??? i tried it didnt work???? sigh......canon s3 is my camera

i don't know how to function your camera. but for me, i use scene mode, starry sky. then 15secs.

find a dark place, example like ur room with light switched off.

first, u need to set the focus of ur camera first, just roughly focus on the place that u are going to "light paint", and lock the focus.
due to the limitation of s3is, max exposure time is only 15 secs, and if u light source is not bright enough, you might need to set to higher ISO. like ISO 100 or 200.
set the camera timer, 5 seconds or so,
switch off the room light,
wait the camera's timer,
when the shutter opens,
start drawing with your torch..
you should see some light trails..

hehe
my self.=P


This post has been edited by faiz92: Mar 25 2008, 11:35 AM

dont scare ppl la~
later cant sleep...

Multiple exposure ?

what do you mean by "lock the focus"?
does it mean that i have to opt for manual focussing?

autofocus the place,
switch to manual focus to lock the focus,
if ur focus is not in that area, ur light trails maybe not that nice..

This post has been edited by mindkiller6610: Apr 3 2008, 08:08 PM