Doing baby-steps revolving light painting - realizing that I've gotten "rusty". Well, perhaps it is a matter of definition / interpretation. My earlier experiments where often relatively simply, expect perhaps when working with the huge Pixelstick. Other wise i used simply tools.

Today things got more refined, cameras like Olympus allow things in a way normal cameras don't - increasing the ways how you can do longtime exposures, e.g. light painting (even with some weak light on, it works, due to Olympus "Live Comp".

I often find myself to be rather clumsy how i execute my light experiments. The results look... well, clumsy as well. I also notice that i often get too bright effects together with Olympus camera "Live Comp" setting. Now and then however, things works out better. Like in the main photo above - which was the first image that worked better compared to the previous 7 attempts.

Modifications can fine tune light painting tools

Speaking of light painting tools. It is often a good idea - to make further modifications. In my case, with the cheap china, battery-driven "glow sticks" - came out far too bright to be any useful. Now i wrapped black paper around one of them - leaving only a narrow corridor with light.

And voila - it works so much better (for what i do indoors).

Ethereal appereance

The weak EL-Wires are just divine to work with. They are the type of light painting tools i find far more... what shall I say... elusive, rounder, more ethereal.

Daytime - Darkroom

Since our bedroom is still a photo darkroom - i do some experiments during daytime in there instead. At night i often use the kitchen sink. It is all provisorical and improvisational with my photographic whereabouts at my place