The Mission
– Use light painting to add eye-catching orbs of light to your landscapes
Time
– One hour
Skill level
– Advanced
Kit needed
– Tripod
– Torches
– Adobe CC
– Wide-angle or kit lens
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Light orbs are about as close as you can get to performing a photographic magic trick and, in this project, we’re going to step behind the curtain and show you how it’s done. You might assume light orb photography involves plenty of trickery in Adobe Photoshop but, in reality, it’s a light-painting technique that can be performed and captured entirely in-camera.
The basic technique involves attaching a piece of string to
