Today I visited a local florist that is planning to open an antique shop in the near future, and he graciously allowed me to look through his collection for possible photo subjects. I saw the old scale first and then selected several items to add some balance and color to the shot. I have no idea where some of my ideas come from, but I decided fruit would look neat on the scale, so I zipped over to a nearby produce stand and picked up a selection of limes,lemons and apples. For budding photographers taking notes, I light painted this shot using my small flashlight, and because the room had numerous windows, I used a 3 stop neutral density filter on the lens, which allowed me to shoot exposures around 8 seconds each. The window directly behind the shot was covered by black fabric till the very end, and then the exposure for the window portion was simply painted in on lighten mode in layers in Photoshop. Thanks to Kerry for giving me free reign in the shop.
THanks for the explanation in how you achieve the light painting, it was a very professional and nice shot.
Glad to share. maybe I can do a more detailed explanation sometime.
Oh man, i’ve just started to play around with some very basic light painting… I love your technique.
Thanks, and if you need any help,just ask.
Home run !!!!
Thanks Gary.
Guess what? I love the color.
glad you liked it.
Beautifly done.
many thanks
Wonderful lighting and colors, thanks for sharing your process, MJ
Sure, thanks for commenting.
It is hard to believe how you make this photo so stunning – the composition, colors and contrast are superb
Oh thank you. It took a bit till I decided on all the elements and then it all came together.