Mini MeetUp with other LightPainters

Together with Sven Gerad (aka @lichtkunstfoto) and @stepko we spend the weekend light painting two locations around Berlin. One of which was this old bridge on the former border between East and West Berlin.

Zusammen mit Sven Gerad und @stepko verbrachten wir das Wochenende mit Lightpainting an zwei Orten in Berlin. Eine davon war diese alte Brücke an der ehemaligen Grenze zwischen Ost- und West-Berlin.

What you see as the main Light Painting image was the last shot before we left. For me, I did want to leave with another camera rotation. So here it is. Not super complex but I love the result. Nothing on this bridge seems symmetrical so I did not bother much to look for the perfect alignment. So sorry for your eye twister.

Was Ihr als Haupt- Light Painting seht, war meine letzte Aufnahme vor unserer Abreise. Ich wollte wenigstens noch eine Camera Rotation machen bevor es nach Hause geht. Hier ist es also. Nicht super komplex, aber das Ergebnis´ist ganz cool geworden. Nichts auf dieser Brücke scheint hier wirklich symmetrisch zu sein, also habe ich mir auch nicht wirklich die Mühe gemacht, nach der perfekten Ausrichtung zu suchen. Schmerzt bestimmt im Auge des geübten Fotografen.

What were the settings here?

This is what the bridge looked like with simple lighting. This again is to test how much time I have for the exposure and see where I will walk and be safe in the dark. Even this shot is a 159-second single exposure Light Painting.

So sah die Brücke mit einfacher Beleuchtung aus. Auch hier geht es darum, zu testen, wie viel Zeit ich für die Belichtung habe und zu sehen, wo ich in der Dunkelheit sicher gehen kann. Auch dieses Bild ist schonmal einen 159 Sekunden lange Einzelbelichtung.

It was a super cool fun night with friends out in the woods. As the Covid19 numbers are rising here in Germany we are not sure when the next Lockdown will occur so we are super happy to meet up and get some Light Painting done together. Thank you Sven and Stefan (@Stepko)

Es war ein super cooler Abend mit Freunden draußen im Wald. Da die Covid19-Zahlen hier in Deutschland steigen, sind wir uns nicht sicher, wann der nächste Lockdown stattfinden wird, also sind wir super glücklich, dass wir uns treffen und gemeinsam ein bisschen Light Painting konnten. Vielen Dank an Sven und Stefan (@Stepko)

Camera Rotation what?

Not too long ago I wrote up an article on the topic. It has been published on my website and here on Hive as a blog post.
Camera Rotation belongs certainly to Kinetic photography and it is not a very common technique amongst photographers. Light Paintings are choreographed movements with light tools carried out with the camera during a single exposure. During a Camera Rotation, the light sources are often in a fixed position about the camera, and the light trails are then drawn into the picture solely by the camera movements.

It all comes down to having the camera in different positions or moving “around” during the image. To do so you will need some fixation of your camera. See the image above. There are multiple methods to the madness. As a LightPainter, I would use two major categories. A) Lens is open during the entire Rotation exposure time and B) Closing the lens during the rotation steps and open to imprint the chosen scene. What follows is that people get creative and mix all sorts of methods. But let us look at the first two categories.

See the making of using this technique.

---

I hope it was also inspirational. If you have more questions please do not hesitate. I am happy to share my knowledge.

---

Gunnar Heilmann Photogrpahy

If you are interested in more of my art please also see:
Website YouTube Facebook Page Instagram Feed

Since I am one of the cofounders of the LightPainters project, I also help and support the Light Painting community as a curator - not only on the Hive.

We are Light Painters

To help and support the LightPainters community here on Hive I would appreciate your delegation of HivePower. Any amount is appreciated. It does not require much to get started, we are happy for any gesture.

How to delegate?
Delegate 50HivePower, [50HP]
Delegate 250HivePower, [250HP]
Delegate 500HivePower, [500HP]
All the Hive Power will help to upvote the artist's contribution as part of the LightPainters community.

Thank you so much!