Painting With Light #1

Here is one of my favorite fun ways to have fun with a flashlight, an off camera strobe and a boring photo set-up. This was during a class for the Iowa Newspaper Association a few years back. For the next couple of days I'll throw a few of these out there. It's nothing new, Life Magazine had a photo of Picasso painting with light.

Here's a link: http://rockphotographers.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/light-painting-picasso.jpg

Here's a simple way you can punch up a standard event. It's not very journalistic, but can be fun in classroom situations. You must be able to make the room very dark and have the camera on a tripod. More later...