Cool Portraiture

JermsDayOut · 4th November 2003

How da hell did he do this?

Someone shed some light.... *pun intended*

Thanks

MaGixShOe · 4th November 2003

nice!!!

Newman · 4th November 2003

Just use a small torch and write your name in the air with a long enough exposure. Of course you have to keep your body as still as possible also.

anavrin · 4th November 2003

Very cool, making use of long exposure to write his name??

cheers

Zerstorer · 4th November 2003

Looks to be a double exposure. The first in pitch black with someone tracing the word.

Next with the side lighting and the person standing still.

coke21 · 4th November 2003

Either that or it has been PSed?

JermsDayOut · 4th November 2003

couldn't have been PSed cos i've seen the same printout on film by other artistes who've done the same too.... but i think Zerstorer comes closest in this one... it didn't even occur to me to be a double exposure.

Zerstorer · 4th November 2003

It has to be a double exposure, coz I've done this kind of trick before and it is impossible for the person tracing the word to remain sharp as you need to move your hands in a very wide arc. The fact that even his hand was visible was a vital clue, normally with this "trick" only the body would be visible and the hand tracing the word should be invisible as it is never in any spot long enough to register.

JermsDayOut · 4th November 2003

perhaps he did it facing a mirror tracing the words that's been lip-sticked on the mirror? if not i really cannot comprehend how, for the start of the 2nd exposure, his torch light started at the peak of the "U"!!! that's like dramatic man!

Zerstorer.. you say you've done this before.. so care to share with us the run-down of the set up and equipment for the shot? thanks man.

Newman · 4th November 2003

Originally Posted by JermsDayOut

perhaps he did it facing a mirror tracing the words that's been lip-sticked on the mirror? if not i really cannot comprehend how, for the start of the 2nd exposure, his torch light started at the peak of the "U"!!! that's like dramatic man!

That's what I'm wondering also. Maybe he did 2 separate shots and use PS to superimpose them.

Zerstorer · 4th November 2003

All you need is a camera on tripod and someone who can "write" precisely in the air with a torch.

The double exposure can be manually done(tricky) or it could be 2 separate shots combined in photoshop.

Here's a shot that was handheld:

About 4 secs exposure.

For the shot you posted, it should probably be only 2 secs or so as there is only 1 person involved. The bright peak is simply due to the fact that he slowed down at that point.

Newman · 4th November 2003

Your shot looks like a single long exposure.

Zerstorer · 4th November 2003

Originally Posted by Newman

Your shot looks like a single long exposure.

It is. That's the difference. For the posted shot, his hand is visible which hints that it can't be a single exposure.

Emkay · 5th November 2003

may be long exposure to write the word in pitch dark situation and a side flast in the end or begining to capture the body?

AReality · 5th November 2003

Use laser also can...
My friend wrote his name on the wall on the stage while I'm on long exposure...
Hahaha... should see the final pic man... MC *blur*.

stefyxz · 5th November 2003

I've seen other variations of this photo. One very nice is with Pablo Picasso drawing a devil in the air.

Now with technology you can use different options. However, it was done this way:

You start with long exposure in complete darkness, using some light to draw in the air. At the end of the exposure the subject stands still watching the camera while the flash shoots.

RuthBaby · 1st October 2004

i think hes playing with light.. and use a longer exposure... tts all...

sequitur · 1st October 2004

i believe this photo is a composite of two images.

toasty · 1st October 2004

This picture can be shot in one frame (no double exposure or composite photos etc...) have your subject in complete darkness with the pen-torch, open the shutter and have him start to write his name (backwards). At some point while the shutter is open, manually fire the flash on him. He will appear highlighted at one instant of time and his writing will be in front of him. Better to use the bulb so that as soon as he has finished, close the shutter.

BTW he did not start his writing in the tip of the u. He just hesitated a while during the writing and that part ended up receiving more light than the rest.

tunster · 1st October 2004

Nobody think of slow sync? Flash that guy to freeze him and long exposure for the torch.....

4th November 2003	#1
JermsDayOut Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 259	Cool Portraiture How da hell did he do this? Someone shed some light.... pun intended Thanks

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MaGixShOe Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 2,638	nice!!! __________________ Photo Gallery http://magixshoe.clubsnap.org/gallery

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AReality Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4,396	Use laser also can... My friend wrote his name on the wall on the stage while I'm on long exposure... Hahaha... should see the final pic man... MC blur. __________________ . The Visual Journalist

4th November 2003	#3
Newman Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: TBC Posts: 948	Just use a small torch and write your name in the air with a long enough exposure. Of course you have to keep your body as still as possible also.

4th November 2003	#4
anavrin Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 216	Very cool, making use of long exposure to write his name?? cheers

4th November 2003	#5
Zerstorer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,610	Looks to be a double exposure. The first in pitch black with someone tracing the word. Next with the side lighting and the person standing still.

4th November 2003	#6
coke21 Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: East Posts: 728	Either that or it has been PSed?

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Emkay Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 105	may be long exposure to write the word in pitch dark situation and a side flast in the end or begining to capture the body?

5th November 2003	#16
stefyxz Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 80	I've seen other variations of this photo. One very nice is with Pablo Picasso drawing a devil in the air. Now with technology you can use different options. However, it was done this way: You start with long exposure in complete darkness, using some light to draw in the air. At the end of the exposure the subject stands still watching the camera while the flash shoots.

1st October 2004	#17
RuthBaby Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: WAT? WAN TO STALK MI AH? LOLZ Posts: 1,983	i think hes playing with light.. and use a longer exposure... tts all...

1st October 2004	#18
sequitur Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,829	i believe this photo is a composite of two images.

1st October 2004	#19
toasty Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Singapore, near NUS Posts: 367	This picture can be shot in one frame (no double exposure or composite photos etc...) have your subject in complete darkness with the pen-torch, open the shutter and have him start to write his name (backwards). At some point while the shutter is open, manually fire the flash on him. He will appear highlighted at one instant of time and his writing will be in front of him. Better to use the bulb so that as soon as he has finished, close the shutter. BTW he did not start his writing in the tip of the u. He just hesitated a while during the writing and that part ended up receiving more light than the rest.

1st October 2004	#20
tunster Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 1,438	Nobody think of slow sync? Flash that guy to freeze him and long exposure for the torch.....