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The abandoned Hog Farm hippie commune. Wavy Gravy and his wife once stayed here in the 1960s. California.

Light Painting 101: Sometimes less really is more

You don’t have to light paint everything in a scene. Sometimes, keeping parts in the shadow is emotionally more powerful. What is light painting? The term is often used loosely to describe any addition of light to a night photograph. Really, though, light painting is a technique that uses a

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Abandoned car overlooking the city lights of Los Angeles. 69 seconds f/9 ISO 200.

How I got the photo: Abandoned car overlooking city lights

How did I create a night photo of a mysterious abandoned car overlooking Los Angeles? I’ll tell about the adventure and the techniques. Finding the car Many times, I’ve mentioned how I use various sleuthing methods, extensive reading, and Google Earth to find strange abandoned objects. Here, though, I stumbled

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