Light Painting

This post has been pending from a long time. Finally, trying to to sum this up. Last year tried a hand at Light Painting. Well, first a little about  what is Light Painting.

Light Painting is a photographic technique practiced in a dark location using a low shutter speed and moving a hand-held light source while keeping the camera at one place. The results are quiet unique and only your imagination is the limit. Not many people interested in photography try out this technique, but I got pretty fascinated by this.

I just tried some basic shots, but have a few in my mind that I did not try yet. The following one I took last year in a dark room, using a small candle as a light source, keeping a camera (Sony DCS-HX1) at a suitable location with a shutter speed of 10 seconds.

For those new to photography, shutter speed of 10 seconds basically means that the camera will take 10 seconds to capture the shot. That buys you time to capture the movement of the light source and make unique figures in the air. Do you need to be good at drawing? Not really, but you need a stable hand and a focused mind. If you try, make sure you don't burn your hand! :)