Good afternoon Hiveworld, I hope you are all well and enjoying the day. Just back from a family walk which I covertly used as a scouting mission for some night time stuff. Namely using the 
It's the brainchild of Palateth who is a very talented Light Painter from Belgium whom I had the pleasure of meeting a few years back. Not only did he invent the tool in question but he was good enough to share it with the wider community. He's a very talented photographer and an absolute gentleman. Top man. The one I own was created by Paul from LACE and is a thing of beauty. Designed and printed by Paul on his 3D printer at home. You would never know it wasn't an off the shelf design.
Here are a few more shots I created using the tool for your enjoyment :)
The tool allows you to insert your torch into the back side. In front of the torch are two cones which shield the direct light from the camera but allows it to pass out of the sides 360 degrees. You turn your torch on and walk towards the camera illuminating the scene, scanning as you go revealing details with a high level of contrast similar to using back light. All taking place in complete darkness.
The shot above was created with Paul from LACE in Ludds Church in Staffordshire. A naturally occurring channel which is possibly the most magical yet foreboding spot I have visited. It is also said that Robin Hood did an overnighter there back in the day.
Here I used the tool to illuminate the scene both behind the subject and then the foreground. For the foreground I attached a gel to the torch to give colour continuity with the silhouette element.
Another shot from Ludds Church but this time from the top end. Creeping around here alone in the dead of night was a bum twitching affair. Very creepy indeed.
A mono converted Lightpainting here but this time from Padley Gorge. This was the first night I used the tool and it was hard to get to grips with. If you have short arms like me, the light ends up bouncing back onto you. I had to disguise that with a lens flare on this one. I have subsequently devised an arm extension which allows me to hold the BLS further away from me, thus eradicating the issue.
I hope you enjoyed this post and should it raise any questions please don't hesitate to drop me a line. Paul who's is tagged here (
Enjoy the rest of the day and keep safe people. Until next time.
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