Painting with Light

When I heard the term, Painting with Light, I was immediately intrigued in this assignment. I thought to myself I can use my 'creative liscence' to experiment with this unit. I decided the best way to go about composing this assignment would be to use a small but powerful keychain light. I set the shutter speed to be open for 30 seconds, to allow me to compose the entire picture. On deciding what I was going to compose, most of the concepts were sporadic spurs of the moment ideas in which depicted what I was thinking of. For example the picture in which looks like lightning was inspired by the fact that I love storms, and others such as the cartoon sitting on the stairs had no specific meaning to them other than the fact that I found them interesting. Here are some of the things I produced:

This effect can be accomplished by using an aperture f/6.3 and a shutter speed of 25seconds, allowing me enough time to paint in the light. The only difference in settings between pictures is the depth of view each picture has.

Overall this assignment has given me a NEW way to look at the options I have when taking a picture. It has shown me that taking a picture can be enhanced with the experimentation of light.