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Night photo with light painting, scorpion sculpture (Ricardo Breceda, sculptor), Borrego Springs, California.

Light painting at night: Giving direction to light

Unsure of which direction to light paint your subject? Sometimes, your environment can offer a suggestion for creating more natural and pleasing night photography photos! 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

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Light painting: Creating depth through illumination

Light painting is a term that is often used loosely to describe any addition of light to a night photograph. Really, though, light painting is a technique that uses a handheld light source to illuminate a scene during a long exposure. You are quite literally painting the scene with light.

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