Lightpainting Tools - part 1

I WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD SUCH A LIST WHEN I WAS STARTING WITH LIGHTPAINTING BACK IN 2003. OVER THE YEARS, NEW INVENTIONS CAME ON THE MARKET, SOME MADE IT TO MY TOOLKIT

LIGHTPAINTING TOOLS A QUICK GUIDE BY CHRIS NOELLE

LIGHTPAINTING - WHICH LIGHT CREATES WHAT? I WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS OVERVIEW BACK IN 2003 WHEN I STARTED WITH MY FIRST LIGHTPAINTING EXPERIMENTS. MEANWHILE THE COMMUNITY HAS GROWN , THERE ARE TONS OF COOL TUTORIALS ON THE WEB AND THE CHOICE OF WEAPONS IS KIND OF ENDLESS. MOST OF THE PROFESSIONAL LIGHTPAINTERS HAVE THEIR FAVORITE LIGHT-TOOLS AND KNOW HOW THINGS WORK BEST, BUT I THINK IT´S ALSO ESSENTIAL TO KNOW HOW THE EFFECTS ARE STIPULATED BY THE CHOICE OF THE RIGHT LIGHTSOURCE.

THIS CATALOGUE GIVES A FIRST QUICK GUIDELINE - NOT ABOUT ALL TOOLS THAT ARE ON THE MARKET, BUT A FIRST GLIMPSE TO START YOUR OWN EXPERIMENTS. I WILL NOT TALK ABOUT CAMERASETTINGS, IT´S MORE LIKE A INSPIRATION ABOUT WHAT CAN BECOME THE OUTPUT BY THE RIGHT CHOICE OF YOUR TOOLS. FOR SURE THE CHOICE OF THE LOCATION, PERFORMERS, SCENARIO OR YOUR PURE IMAGINATION ARE THE CORE BEHIND A GOOD LIGHTPAINTING PICTURE. SO GIVE IT A GO AND LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

TOOLS OVERVIEW

4

2

1

3

5

6

10

8

7

11

9 13 14

15

12

BLACK ROPE (1) AND LED BULP (14)

GREEN LASERPOINTER (2)

MINI LED-SWORD RGB-CYCLE (3)

FIRECRACKERS (1) + BLACK ROPE (1)

SOS-TORCH X-TACTICAL 104 (MULTIPLE MODES) (5)

LED-LENSER P7.2 TORCH (6)

WARN-LIGHT (3 MODES) (7)

BALLPEN LED (8)

SIX-PIN LED (9) WITH COLORFOIL

LED WITH ORANGE FLEXIBLE HEAD (10)

MANFROTTO SPOTLIGHT (36 LEDs, DIMMER, STROBE) (11)

LED WHIP + RGB RC (12)

LED FINGERLIGHTS (13)

LED THROWIES (14)

LED BIKELIGHT (3 MODES) (15)

BLADES + X-TACTICAL 104 (5)

FIBREGLAS

DOT-it OSRAM LED

DOT-it LINEAR OSRAM LED

LED-WORKLIGHT + RED FOIL

PIXELSTICK

ABOUT THE AUTHOR UNDER THE MONIKER TOFA I´M WORKING AS A PROFESSIONAL LIGHTPAINTER SINCE 2003.

COMING FROM GRAPHIC-DESIGN, STREETART AND PROJECTION GIVES ME A LOT OF OPTIONS OF PERMANENTLY EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW IDEAS.

BY MY EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT I´VE THE APPROACH TO FIND NEW WAYS TO WORK WITH LIGHT AND LIGHT SOURCES. AS AN ARTIST I´VE DEVELOPED A GENRE-COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPTIONAL WORKFLOW THAT EMMITS CONTINUOUSLY NEW DIRECTIONS BY THE COMBINATION OF PROJECTIONS, CALLIGRAPHY ELEMENTS, THE USAGE OF LEDS, PIXELSTICK, STENCILS, BLADES, MOTOR CONTROLS AND SELFCONSTRUCTED TOOLS. THE CORE OF MY ARTISTIC WORK GOES FAR BEYOND CONVENTIONAL MULTIMEDIA-INSTALLATIONS- AND LIGHTING-DESIGN-CONCEPTS .

I ALWAYS TRY TO BRING THE ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL WORLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH EACHOTHER, TO REDEFINE URBAN SPACE AND ENLARGE THE VIEWERS ANGLE OF VISION. ESPECIALLY THE ASPECT OF WORKING WITH NEW CONCEPTUAL IDEAS TO CREAT NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN IMAGES IS THE PERMANENT CHALLENGE FOR MYSELF. MORE OF MY ARTWORKS: WWW.LIGHTWRITING.DE WWW.METOFA.COM

WANT TO GET DIRECTLY IN TOUCH WITH ME? SEND A MAIL TO: CONTACT@LIGHTWRITING.DE LEGAL NOTICE: ALL LIGHTPAINTING PICTURES IN THIS GUIDLINE CATALOGUE ARE MADE BY MYSELF AND ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT. USAGE OF CONTENT FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.