Landscapes at night
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THE MISSION
Light paint a landscape at night using a torch
Time needed
One hour
Skill level
Intermediate
Kit needed
• Tripod
• Remote release
• Powerful torch
• Colour gels
We often think of cameras as tools for recording the world as Light painting is a case in point. To the eye, a dark night is just that. But if we stick the camera on a tripod, open the shutter and waggle a torch around, then all of a sudden our camera starts to see things differently. To the camera’s sensor, light is accumulative. So when there’s very little ambient light, we’re able to build up our own light gradually, in exactly the places we want it. A single torch beam can light an entire frame, even elements of a landscape.
