~By Benjamin
Recently
we enjoyed a movie night at our house with some friends from youth group. There
were several photographers in the group so we decided afterwards to do some
night steel wool photography.
The
way you do this is to take some steel wool, stuff it in a kitchen whisk attached
to a short rope or piece of leather, and set the steel wool on fire with a 9
volt battery. You then swing it around sending sparks into the air (have
someone nearby to stomp out fires in the grass J). You need to have
your camera set to ISO 100, 8-10 second exposure, and your aperture set at
f/3.5. Here are some more steel wool pictures we took:
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| My attempt at the Olympic Symbol |
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My friend D and I
thought it would be fun to both have our flaming steel wool and run in circles
at the same time. The picture turned out a bit hectic but we thought it was
kind of cool!
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My dearly departed
friend D getting zapped. J It’s amazing the
things you can do when you start playing around with long exposure photography.
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While
we were out doing night photography we thought we might as well get some light painting
in. Light painting is even simpler than steel wool. You simply set your camera
to go until you stop it (we use a remote), ISO 400, and aperture at f/3.5. Then
take a flashlight and outline a person or object.
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My mom asked to be
traced with her arms spread outward in the shape of a cross.
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All
in all it was a fun night with great people. Which picture is your favorite?
Leave a comment and let us know!
2 comments:
Awesome post! I know the kids will want to try this :)
(PS - hug your Dad for me!)
Love, Aunt Debbie
It's a lot of fun, Aunt Debbie! Your kids would definitely enjoy it. :-)
I will!
~Bianca
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