Last night I got out after work to experiment with light on a sweet (borrowed) titanium Budnitz. That bike is quite an urban ripper. I set out to see if I could get some shots that would possibly be used in some way for upcoming marketing stuff for work.
When I arrived at my first location the light was almost perfect, but fading fast - too fast as it turned out. This was the scene of where I would spend a bunch of time playing around with light:
As you can see the sky had already started to turn by the time I got the flash set up and positioned. Oh well, still an interesting shot:
After a few other methods of lighting I decided to start practicing "painting with light". All three of these similar photos were taken with a 30 second exposure, plenty of time for some light painting. So, I grabbed a bright light, triggered the shutter, and began painting the light where I wanted it and trying to minimize shadows by shining the light at the bike from all different angles. Since it was a long exposure I was able to walk right through the frame without being visible. After a few attempts I ended up with the below image:
I still have some work to do, but I think this will be a very effective way to get some interesting night shots.
A little bit later I captured the below images - both also 30 second exposures:
I look forward to doing more experimentation with light (and dark).
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