Hey hi Ralf,
It's always cool to read your posts because you give full explanation of what you do. I'm a bit lazy on that part, saving my attention and energy for doing pictures^^
I was wondering why do you say that light calligraphy requires symmetry? According to what I see, calligraphy doesn't have to be symmetric, and 99% of the time it's not.
I tried to work a couple of times with the OM System and its Live Composite mode but the lack of quality is something I cannot deal with. As far I could see, attendees of workshops are too much focused on the screen, watching the light trails appear, than being fully concentrated on what they do on the present moment.
The big "pro" with this system is for photocalls : it reduces drastictly mistakes due to movments of subjets in frame.
For me, it's like a cheat code and I prefer to do without it and make my brain work.
Thank you so much for your detailed comment!
Basically, I completely agree with you:
In general, symmetry is not required. In my case, I wanted to include it in the picture, which is an additional factor to practice precision.
I only use the OM system and its live composite mode in workshops or for practice. I'm just too lazy to run to the camera after every picture and check where I've put my light trail. Of course, I don't have my eyes on the screen when I'm drawing a light trail.
It's only worth activating the Canon once I've memorized the coordination in my head. I think I've done the practice round now and I can leave out the OM system next time.
I'm right there with you, it's unsporting to use a live composite mode when lightpainting. The image should at least always be labeled when live composite mode is used.