lesson evaluation

week 1- 

    . We created are accounts on blogger and started are artist research I decided to look at the artists Pablo

Picasso, Michael Bosanko, Cenci Goepel and Jens Warnecke. I thought these artists were good and had their own unique style to their work I particiularly liked Cenci Goepel and Jens Warnecke work I thought their light paintings were awesome because they have a unique style for their work, I also liked Michael Bosanko's Light paintings of animals.

. I enjoyed looking at the different artists and the work for next lesson I need to finish off the artist research and bring in different light objects for the photoshoot.

Week 2-

     . Today we did are light graffiti photoshoots I was in group of 3 with Mike and Pan we did are photos in the mac suite but it was too light so are photos didnt have darkness to get the light effect, are Nikon D40 was set up for a shutter speed of 4secs. We used are phone lights to do the exposure we also used a glow stick and coloured tissue paper  over are lights to make the colours. We then  went into are darker room which improved the quality of are photos by a lot. My favourite photo I took was of  a red spiral it came out perfect.

     . For next lesson Lauren will put up all the photos on the student shared area so we can look at them and put them into contact sheets for next lesson.

Week 3-

    . Todays lesson we put all of are photos into a contact sheet there were 44 photos in total and uploaded them to blogger we then had to evaluate all of the photos on the contact sheet. We then had to pick 6 of are best ones and develop them in photoshop and publish them on blogger I think my one turned out good, now all I need to do is write all of my evaluations.

Final ideas evaluation

Final idea 1

. For my first idea I took my phone light and placed my finger on top of it to create a red glow in my finger, with the Nikon D40 set to 4 second shutter speed, I then went on to draw a spiral image which turned out very good, I took this image and put it in adobe photoshop and messed around with the different filters to create a developed image I used the filter glow edges which made the image's colour stand out more which I think looks better.

Final idea 2

. For my second idea I used my phone light to draw random lines in the air I did the same red light by using my finger but took my finger away from the light to create the white lines, with the Nikon D40 set to 4 second shutter speed I also used a blue glow stick to create the blue lines under it. This photo turned out excellent I also took into photoshop and put the filter fresco on it, fresco creates a black overlay on the existing shadow areas, leaving highlight areas untouched it also adds a gray pixel pattern in the background.

Final idea 3

. For my third photo with the Nikon D40  set to 4 second shutter speed I took a spiral image using the colour red by using my finger over the light but letting go of the light to create a white light halfway through the spiral which turned out awesome it created a real contrast between red and white. I took into photoshop and but the fresco filter on it which creates a black overlay on the existing shadow areas, leaving highlight areas untouched it also adds a gray pixel pattern in the background.  When I did this it turned the white to the colour blue which creates an even bigger contrast between the colours.

Final idea 4

. For my fourth photo I created a picture resembling 2 boxes stacked on top of each other which I made by having red and then creating white which made it look excellent with the Nikon D40 set to 4 second shutter speed the photo turned out good becasue of the long exposure time. I really like this photo because it has a range of colours in it when I put it in photoshop it created even more e.g. blue and orange it happend because I put the filter fresco on again which creates a black overlay on the existing shadow areas, leaving highlight areas untouched it also adds a gray pixel pattern in the background.

Final idea 5

. For my fifth photo I took my phone and made a circular motion with the Nikon D40 set to 4 second shutter speed  which made the colour white but I also added a bit of red in it to create a contrast. This photo turned out good because of the colours in it e.g. red, blue and white. I took it into photoshop and added the blur effect which made the image look better because the colours stood out more.

Final idea 6

. For my sixth idea I did a random motion which created a nice line pattern which was the colour white, the Nikon D40 was set to 4 second shutter speed which enough time to expose all the light. I liked this one because it was a simple design but an effective one, I also took it into photoshop and used the poster edges effect to create blue lines which outlined the whole image. I really liked creating all these photos it was a fun and creative experience.

Contact sheet evaluation

Contact Sheet Evaluation 


Contact Sheet's

. On my first contact sheet you can see 16 photos from my light graffiti photo shoot which I took in a group of 3, the equipment we used for the shoot was are phone lights and glowsticks, to make the colours we stuck a piece of coloured tissue paper over are phone lights this method actually worked well as you can see in my photos of the red spiral. I also created the colour red by putting my finger over the light so it made my whole finger red. The camera we used was a Nikon D40 and a Nikon D60 on a shutter speed of 4 seconds so we could catch all the light exposure in are picture we took these pictures in a dark room so we could get the light exposures better.

. I think the photos turned out good because there is a good range of photos for example there are photos of flowers, spirals, random shapes and colours but there are some failed attempts in which the light from the room was to bright and you carnt see the light exposure as good an example of this is the orange light we made this by sticking orange tissue paper over the camera but you carnt see it well it only comes up as short streaks. I attempted to create a flower in picture 18 I think this picture turned out good but it's quite hard to create a picture in 4 seconds.

. I think my 2nd contact sheet has the best photos on it, I think this because for these photos we moved to a darker enviroment this improved are light exposure so it made the quality of the photos better. My personal favourite photo was number 32 I like this one because the spiral came out in a perfect shape the red also came out perfect, I also like number 37 because it has a good colour contrast with the red and white the shape we tried to create was 2 boxes stacked on top of eachother. You can also see in photo number 40 I tried write my name but it didnt turn out so good but had a good colour contrast with the red and white.

. On my third contact sheet I tried to create more flower picture you can see this in photos 45, 46 and 47 but I only like number 46 because you can sort of see the shape of the flower. I also attempted to write my name again in pictures 41 to 44 but none of them turned out good, my favourite picture from contact sheet 3 is number 49 because I really like the spiral going down and changing colour half way from red to white this turned good. Number 52 turned out bad because the light went out halfway so it created a tiny image. Over all I think these photos turned out great and if I did this again I would try it with different light sources e.g. sparklers, coloured glow sticks, fluorescent light and a strobe light.

Light Graffiti idea's

Light Graffiti final idea 6

Light graffiti final idea 5

Light Graffiti final idea 4

Light Graffiti final idea 3

Light Graffiti final idea 2

Light Graffiti final idea 1

My Photo's contactsheet 3

My Photo's contactsheet 2

My Photo's Contactsheet 1

Artist Research- Cenci Goepel and Jens Warnecke

Cenci Goepel and Jens Warnecke


. Cenci Goepel and Jens Warnecke are a couple who experiment with different light light paintings, Cenci and jens like the process and like the results. Once they started to figure out that there is more light in the dark than they thought, we wanted to see more of it. So we continued to take pictures at night.

.Cenci Goepel was born in 1972 in Lübeck, Germany. She has been working on the Lightmark
project with filmmaker and photographer Jens Warnecke since 2006. Jens Warnecke was born in 1969 in Hamburg, Germany. they started doing light paintings when they  started making simple shapes in the air with flashlights and a lighter on the bank of a frozen lake while taking photos with long exposure times.

. They use a Phase One 645 AFDIII medium format camera with a p45+ digital back. The digital back offers the best quality of all digital camera systems that allow for exposure times exceeding
32 seconds.

Artist Research- Michael Bosanko

Michael Bosanko

. Light painting photographer Michael Bosanko has been capturing light since 2004. He discovered light painting on accident, Michael says this of his moment of discovery, “the moon formed part of the scene, but the camera shake caused the moon to make a streak. His curious mind clipped the camera from the tripod and, hand held, he attempted to write his partner’s name using nothing but the moonshine and the movement of the camera in his hand, and he had success. As soon as he returned home, he adopted the same principles but with torches, and he's been hooked ever since.” Ever since that moment Michael has had great success with light painting photography, he has created images for several commercial clients and been published in numerous magazines.

Artist research.

For my artist research I chose to look at Pablo Picasso, Michael Bosanko, Cenci Goepel and Jens Warnecke.

Light Drawing

. Light drawing photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera the term light drawing also encompasses images lit from outside the frame with hand-held light sources.

Pablo Picasso

. 25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973), was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer. One of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, he is widely known for co-founding the Cubist movement. Picasso showed extraordinary artistic talent in his early age when he painted in a realistic manner. During the first decade of the 20th century his style changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas.

. Pablo Picasso went through many periods in his life for example the blue, rose and African-influenced periods. The blue was  1901–1904 consists of somber paintings rendered in shades of blue and blue-green, only occasionally warmed by other colors. prostitutes and beggars are frequent subjects—Picasso was influenced by a trip through Spain and by the suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas.

. The Rose period The Rose Period 1904–1906 is characterized by a more cheery style with orange and pink colors, and featuring many circus people, acrobats and harlequins known in France as saltimbanques.

. The African-influenced period Picasso’s African-influenced Period 1907–1909 begins with the two figures on the right in his painting, "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", which were inspired by African artifacts. Formal ideas developed during this period lead directly into the Cubist period that follows.


. Light painting, In 1949, LIFE photographer Gjon Mili visited Picasso in Vallauris, France. He showed Pablo some photographs of ice skaters with tiny lights affixed to their skates jumping in the dark. Picasso was immediately inspired and took these photos of his very own light paintings.