Painting with Light, at Night

Photogropher and scientist Jürgen Lobert will talk to us via Zoom about some of creative photo opportunities available after dark. Here are some details:

Adding artificial light to photos taken at night can be done through a number of techniques. Light painting adds additional light to existing surfaces, but light drawing is one of the few techniques where a photographer can actively create unique and intriguing content, rather than simply photographing existing scenes. The following topics will be covered:

• Introduction to light painting equipment & settings
• Trigonometry for photographers: the exposure triangle
• Capturing time so you can spend it on painting
• Adding light
• Exposure considerations and the square root paradigm
• Angles: how geometry creates intrigue
• Buy or do it yourself: the light painter’s toolbox
• Photo editing considerations

Throughout the presentation, Jürgen will demonstrate a number of light painting tools, show how to use them, and how they look in many visual examples.