Light Painting

Homework #6 (5) Research 1 artist (2 if you signed up for 3 credits) who works with photography creatively and put up a blog post.

I was looking through the blog LostatEminor.com in their photography section and came across a "light painting" something I have seen before possibly in commercials or print ads, yet know nothing about. I began to google light paintings trying to understand what they are and how they are made. 

The definition of Light Painting on wikipedia is:
"Light painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera."

It turns out that this technique has been experimented with since Étienne-Jules Marey and Georges Demeny in 1889.

As I continued to research I found out that even Pablo Picasso did light paintings. This I found so shocking because I have been to so many museums even the Picasso Museum in Barcelona and I have never seen his light paintings.

I began to research modern day artists that experiment with light painting, and came across works by Taylor Pemberton, there is not much information about him but I found his bio on his website...

"My name is Taylor Pemberton—I'm a designer, thinker, & entrepreneur from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Since 2005, I've had the opportunity to work with a variety of creative individuals, ranging from renowned start-ups, to Fortune 500 corporations. I am currently interested in prospective projects."

His works although experimental are incredible, he has a graffiti aesthetic which really appeals to me because I have always loved and been fascinated by graffiti, I hope he continues to work with this technique.

Another Light Painter I found was Marius Grondahl, his bio was in another language so I was not able to read it. On LostatEminor he wrote about a series of Light Paintings he made...

"Inspired by other lightpainters, I went down to an old factory with my 50-LED flashlight waiting for the sunset. This is the result. My personal favorite is the F(art) Light. Want to do the same? All you need to do is bring your camera, lights of any kind, and set the camera to long exposure. Oh, and of course, the most important thing to bring with you on the photoshoot is your imagination. LED there be light!"

His work is very different when compared to Pemberton's, he has more of an illustrative style which translates very well into Light Painting.

I hope one day to experiment with this technique!