Eric, This is just what I needed to inspire me to shoot a few members of a Corvette club I will soon be working with. Good photographers and good people are selflessly generous in the sharing of knowledge and you are a wonderful steward of this philosophy.
@EamonOregan Really... I think HDR is the lazy persons way of making quality photography. Call me old school, I make the photos the old fashioned way I light them.
Jiust kidding.... We all see what we want to see, in photogrpahy there is room for everybody.
You are absolutely right Eric. The worst that can happen is that they say "no". A lot of times people assume that the answer is no so they just never ask.
That is a beautiful photograph and inspiring example of light painting. It helps to be able to have access to the right location, props, and volunteers. I love it!
@gjvtorres I agree that having the right location, props and volunteers helps but remember that I ( and you )need to go out and look for those items, they aren not just lying around. Anybody has access to stuff if you only ask. The worst that some individual who owns a car or truck or building can say is "No".
@gjvtorres It looks surreal. It's amazing man. One thing that makes it seem strange is that the shadows are different from each lit location. Like 5 suns all different angles. It's dreamlike. Excellent job.
@YouAreFATgay I use CS2 but any photo shop type process will be fine. I use overlay, or highlight or screen or normal depending on the type of lighting, it is hard to get into too much detail in this format. Take Care Eric
Hi . I can hear the frustration in your voice so to speak. Here goes.
Use the highlight in the layers pallet to overlap image on top of image. erase the stuff you do not want. start with a black background at the very bottom. That is it. If you saw the Canon Submarine video on the home page of my web site it says it all and is pretty clear. Have you seem my web site.
Hi . I can hear the frustration in your voice so to speak. Here goes.
Use the highlight in the layers pallet to overlap image on top of image. erase the stuff you do not want. start with a black background at the very bottom. That is it. If you saw the Canon Submarine video on the home page of my web site it says it all and is pretty clear. Have you seem my web site. If you were so frustrated and looked for months, take the next step and visit the location where it all comes from.
I searching this from last 3 months ,, can u plz tell me how can we put all pictures(layers) together ?? Is there any software ?? I hv photoshop ,,, but HOW?????
@34Muflon Hi Dude ( Peter) I always light with flash lights and those large camping lights like from Brinkman. I also do light with plug in lights I do not know what they are called. Anything will do really. mOstly you want to overpower the local ambient light in the environment. For the old tractors. I used a mag light AA batteries if you can believe it. It was verrry dark so it was easy to overpower.
@EricWilliamCurryOkay.. think i will have to try this out more.. I love shooting the nightskies so i'm out at night anyway.. By the way Eric.. Can you make a short tutorial on your post process? how you work with the layers??
@34Muflon I should but I am too lazy to do the post stuff. it is so boring, and takes so much of my time . WE area all so busy these days. I really should do a how to book for downloading though. Take CAre
@meridethtohayes There is a lot of light pollution from the city that I have to deal with all the time. I try to use more powerful lights than the city street lights make touching the car. By using powerful lights and using them close to the care I can overpower the city lights.
@rawkinbones13 It wil make sense if you go to my web site and look at the Canon Camera tutorial on the home page. it is on their web site and has a written narrative too. Regards: Eric
No NO No. then you miss the whole point of the scene. It is not a dude coming racing home skidding... It is a dad coming home tot he wife and kiddies....
The only thing that really messes up the shot is the way you guys parked the car. Or maybe the husband is some kind of action hero and did a one handed handbrake 180° Skid before he stepped out of his car (while holding those flowers) *g
@Nilz4FR I disagree but I have heard that comment before. In the shots I create there is sometimes an element of artistic license. If I parked the car in the drive way or worse yet, the garage, then there wouldn't be a shot to compose in the first place. Everybody would be inside watching tv. Then what would we all look at
Nope! I was using good old fashioned CS2 for a long time, I only upgraded very recently, in the last 2 months. As I explain to people at my presentations, anybody can do this with literally any digital camera and even the most basic photoshop program. All the power and strength of the shots comes from the concepts and lighting. The hardware is relatively insignificant.
This is the first sequence I've seen of yours so far & I must say I'm stunned at your creativity & eye for detail. I'd wish videos like this were Youtube sensations & not brain dead videos of cats falling out of trees etc.
I'd love to try this but I don't have a fancy camera or the right equipment. I've got a Casio EX-FH20.
@ZaydYK Thanks for the comments. I tis totally possible to shot these with your camera and a flashlight. If your camera has a attachment fora tripod. shoot several images of a scene with a flashlight, and only use 3 of them to put back together. Shoot in your livingroom so it is very dark and take 10 second exposures... Regards: Eric
I'm not too sure what you mean b using only 3 images to put the scene back together? Wouldn't I require a lot more considering only portions of the subject are covered by the flash?
@ZaydYK No. You can do a shot of only 3 images . Choose a simple shot of the corner of your living room couch, or the corner of a car in your driveway at night. only do 3 or 4 shots so you can see how it works.. after you have done that you can shoot really complex shots but start simply.
@moda56 It's hard to reply to a two word statement as I am not sure of your implication. If it is slightly derogatory and I can understand your perspective if it is, remember that in the old days when images were shot with glass plates it was "pure Photography" When the negative was invented and it was finally possible to dodge and burn the print to make it better I am sure there were some who cried- "Dark Room! Dark Room!".... something to think about...
It's hard to reply to a two word statement as I am not sure of your implication. If it is slightly derogatory and I can understand your perspective if it is, remember that in the old days when images were shot with glass plates it was "pure Photography" When the negative was invented and it was finally possible to dodge and burn the print to make it better I am sure there were some who cried- "Dark Room! Dark Room!"....
It's hard to reply to a two word statement as I am not sure of your implication. If it is slightly derogatory and I can understand your perspective if it is, remember that in the old days when images were shot with glass plates it was "pure Photography" When the negative was invented and it was finally possible to dodge and burn the print to make it better I am sure there were some who cried- "Dark Room! Dark Room!"....
I shot the whole scene together so I do not have to cut any thing out. I just lit different areas one at a time. All together I shot about 800 images, I only changed the camera a couple times reluctantly. I did the changes in the time of exposures. Do not touch the camera if you can help it. I used large flood lights like a camper might use. Go for it... Regards: Eric Curry
I do not really keep it away form the parts I do not want it to hit. What I do is erase it on the layer as i add it to the other layers to be built up on top of each other. I see me too often and just erase it from the shot before it is added t o the other layers...
What I mean is, I often am captured in the shot also. The light will bounce off the car and strike a part of my leg or my arm etc if I am lighting a really bright area of the environment. When I have an exposure of a part of the front hood for example, you might also see in that single exposure a part of my arm or leg that was close to the bright light.
I will erase that part of the shot before I add it to the finished image in the stack of layers. Does that make sense?
Yes thanks for that Eric fully understand, I have finally decided to get to grips with photshop so I can start using the layer system thanks to your encouragement so it may be a long haul but one day I hope to emulate your brilliance.
Sadly: I spend about 12 hours shooting, and about 50 hours- ( thats right 50 HOURS!) in photoshop. That does not include the months I spend arranging all the people and stuff to be in the shots. REmember, it is all for free and all done with volunteers...
@EricWilliamCurry I must ask: Why not leave your camera on Bulb in darkness and walk around to do it in one exposure? Is it difficult to get this effect without layers?
because the effect of a verrrrry long exposure will be grey mush in the camera. you or I can not do a 10 minute exposure and still keep the blacks black as there is too much ambient light all over the scene usually.
also it is easier to control a lot of different shots instead of one giant shot..
Hi: No I do not manipulate the lighting at all in photoshop. Strangely, it is real photography because the lighting is the real deal..... The quality of lighting is the most important factor in the images.....
I totally agree. Just like when I was a kid growing up in Los Angeles. WAtching endless hours of "father Knows Best" and "My three Sons" and other shows where life was idyllic and all was good with the world. To bad life is not so pretty and god. I tried to make a shot where life is that pretty and good. A fella can dream can't he?
Glad I inspired you, that is indeed why I go through the bother of posting these little videos, so others can learn to do something different and explore possibilities in the craft of photography.
Perfectly insane! (In a good way) True inspiration!
veilside22 3 weeks ago
Gezze how many lights did you use?
ShadowManV3 1 month ago
@ShadowManV3 Actually I used only one light. I used it over and over and made a lot of different exposurees, about 600 exposures all together...
EricWilliamCurry 1 month ago
@EricWilliamCurry Oh dang i never seen pics like this before there really cool. How long did it take you?
ShadowManV3 1 month ago
@ShadowManV3 12 hours shooting. 600 frames exposed on location. 40 hours in photoshop to add it all back togetehr...
EricWilliamCurry 1 month ago
@EricWilliamCurry Dang props dude that is some dedication.
ShadowManV3 1 month ago
Cool huh
allstarplaya1294 3 months ago
Excellent !!!!!!!!!!
alanhowe100 3 months ago
Eric, This is just what I needed to inspire me to shoot a few members of a Corvette club I will soon be working with. Good photographers and good people are selflessly generous in the sharing of knowledge and you are a wonderful steward of this philosophy.
grunner30 4 months ago
@grunner30 Thanks Grunner. I believe in sharing. Now if I can only turn it into income......
EricWilliamCurry 4 months ago
fucking shit....its gorgeous...
joshuadaran 5 months ago
It's beautiful. The elements in the photo were nicely chosen.
hilltop530 5 months ago
this just looks like a misused hdr photo.
EamonOregan 6 months ago
@EamonOregan Really... I think HDR is the lazy persons way of making quality photography. Call me old school, I make the photos the old fashioned way I light them.
Jiust kidding.... We all see what we want to see, in photogrpahy there is room for everybody.
EricWilliamCurry 6 months ago 2
oops, never mind.. i read your reply above. lol
sktrmns6 7 months ago
how did you put all the exposures together to make one? photoshop?
sktrmns6 7 months ago
it doesn't even look real... wow... blown away.
unnoneuser2 8 months ago
This is something i have to try! Have run out of ideas on what to shoot :)
xstudiocreations 8 months ago
You are absolutely right Eric. The worst that can happen is that they say "no". A lot of times people assume that the answer is no so they just never ask.
gjvtorres 9 months ago
That is a beautiful photograph and inspiring example of light painting. It helps to be able to have access to the right location, props, and volunteers. I love it!
gjvtorres 9 months ago
@gjvtorres I agree that having the right location, props and volunteers helps but remember that I ( and you )need to go out and look for those items, they aren not just lying around. Anybody has access to stuff if you only ask. The worst that some individual who owns a car or truck or building can say is "No".
EricWilliamCurry 9 months ago
@gjvtorres It looks surreal. It's amazing man. One thing that makes it seem strange is that the shadows are different from each lit location. Like 5 suns all different angles. It's dreamlike. Excellent job.
dwdallam 7 months ago
what photoshop do you use?
the option you use is called layering?
YouAreFATgay 10 months ago
@YouAreFATgay I use CS2 but any photo shop type process will be fine. I use overlay, or highlight or screen or normal depending on the type of lighting, it is hard to get into too much detail in this format. Take Care Eric
EricWilliamCurry 9 months ago
@EricWilliamCurry thank you for the reply Eric, you have some amazing work, i'll try someday...
YouAreFATgay 9 months ago
Great photo! And great technique!!
coolineho 10 months ago
Hi . I can hear the frustration in your voice so to speak. Here goes.
Use the highlight in the layers pallet to overlap image on top of image. erase the stuff you do not want. start with a black background at the very bottom. That is it. If you saw the Canon Submarine video on the home page of my web site it says it all and is pretty clear. Have you seem my web site.
EricWilliamCurry 10 months ago
Hi . I can hear the frustration in your voice so to speak. Here goes.
Use the highlight in the layers pallet to overlap image on top of image. erase the stuff you do not want. start with a black background at the very bottom. That is it. If you saw the Canon Submarine video on the home page of my web site it says it all and is pretty clear. Have you seem my web site. If you were so frustrated and looked for months, take the next step and visit the location where it all comes from.
EricWilliamCurry 10 months ago
I searching this from last 3 months ,, can u plz tell me how can we put all pictures(layers) together ?? Is there any software ?? I hv photoshop ,,, but HOW?????
Please
TheTenplusone 10 months ago
Hey Eric... LOVE your work..!!! do you light it with a flashlight? Speedlights.. Or bigger lights?
Regards Peter
34Muflon 1 year ago
@34Muflon Hi Dude ( Peter) I always light with flash lights and those large camping lights like from Brinkman. I also do light with plug in lights I do not know what they are called. Anything will do really. mOstly you want to overpower the local ambient light in the environment. For the old tractors. I used a mag light AA batteries if you can believe it. It was verrry dark so it was easy to overpower.
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
@EricWilliamCurryOkay.. think i will have to try this out more.. I love shooting the nightskies so i'm out at night anyway.. By the way Eric.. Can you make a short tutorial on your post process? how you work with the layers??
Cheers
34Muflon 1 year ago
@34Muflon I should but I am too lazy to do the post stuff. it is so boring, and takes so much of my time . WE area all so busy these days. I really should do a how to book for downloading though. Take CAre
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
Did you notice any Light Pollution from the city, or was it all really Dark?
We saw your Airstream Trailer video in class yesterday, and I really like your work! Thanks a LOT!
meridethtohayes 1 year ago
@meridethtohayes There is a lot of light pollution from the city that I have to deal with all the time. I try to use more powerful lights than the city street lights make touching the car. By using powerful lights and using them close to the care I can overpower the city lights.
Regards: Eric
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
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miah8000 1 year ago
Well done, I love doing light painting and photomerging also. This is a great project and you've done a wonderful job explaining it.
miah8000 1 year ago
I think you would help me wrap my head around it if I could see the individual pictures then the completed image.
rawkinbones13 1 year ago
@rawkinbones13 It wil make sense if you go to my web site and look at the Canon Camera tutorial on the home page. it is on their web site and has a written narrative too. Regards: Eric
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
No NO No. then you miss the whole point of the scene. It is not a dude coming racing home skidding... It is a dad coming home tot he wife and kiddies....
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
The only thing that really messes up the shot is the way you guys parked the car. Or maybe the husband is some kind of action hero and did a one handed handbrake 180° Skid before he stepped out of his car (while holding those flowers) *g
Nilz4FR 1 year ago
@Nilz4FR I disagree but I have heard that comment before. In the shots I create there is sometimes an element of artistic license. If I parked the car in the drive way or worse yet, the garage, then there wouldn't be a shot to compose in the first place. Everybody would be inside watching tv. Then what would we all look at
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
@EricWilliamCurry well then add some tire marks in the gras next time so it looks like the Stud really did this skid :)
Nilz4FR 1 year ago
Nope! I was using good old fashioned CS2 for a long time, I only upgraded very recently, in the last 2 months. As I explain to people at my presentations, anybody can do this with literally any digital camera and even the most basic photoshop program. All the power and strength of the shots comes from the concepts and lighting. The hardware is relatively insignificant.
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
we can assume that CS4/5 photoshop was involved , right?
pstchaseki 1 year ago
beautiful, amazing job
FocSrallyX 1 year ago
thats perfect
dukejon91 1 year ago
I really like the lighting-particularly on the car. Are you using the same tool
to do the entire shot, or are you swapping out to larger or smaller instruments
depending on what area you are working?
cruizin31 1 year ago
@cruizin31
I'm using bigger and smaller lights usually depending on the stuff I am lighting. Regards: Eric
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
Absolutely amazing work
Light Painting is so easy and so complex in the same time
Very informative video thank you so much Eric.
ColorfulPhotography 1 year ago
So much "Awesomeness" in a picture! Thank you! :-D
DreamingOfDakar 1 year ago
Hi from France;
Amazing work and beautiful car.
stephane1234567 1 year ago
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ZaydYK 1 year ago
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ZaydYK 1 year ago
This is the first sequence I've seen of yours so far & I must say I'm stunned at your creativity & eye for detail. I'd wish videos like this were Youtube sensations & not brain dead videos of cats falling out of trees etc.
I'd love to try this but I don't have a fancy camera or the right equipment. I've got a Casio EX-FH20.
Great Work!
ZaydYK 1 year ago
@ZaydYK Thanks for the comments. I tis totally possible to shot these with your camera and a flashlight. If your camera has a attachment fora tripod. shoot several images of a scene with a flashlight, and only use 3 of them to put back together. Shoot in your livingroom so it is very dark and take 10 second exposures... Regards: Eric
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
@EricWilliamCurry
I'm not too sure what you mean b using only 3 images to put the scene back together? Wouldn't I require a lot more considering only portions of the subject are covered by the flash?
ZaydYK 1 year ago
@ZaydYK No. You can do a shot of only 3 images . Choose a simple shot of the corner of your living room couch, or the corner of a car in your driveway at night. only do 3 or 4 shots so you can see how it works.. after you have done that you can shoot really complex shots but start simply.
Eric Curry
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
photoshop photoshop
moda56 1 year ago
@moda56 It's hard to reply to a two word statement as I am not sure of your implication. If it is slightly derogatory and I can understand your perspective if it is, remember that in the old days when images were shot with glass plates it was "pure Photography" When the negative was invented and it was finally possible to dodge and burn the print to make it better I am sure there were some who cried- "Dark Room! Dark Room!".... something to think about...
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
It's hard to reply to a two word statement as I am not sure of your implication. If it is slightly derogatory and I can understand your perspective if it is, remember that in the old days when images were shot with glass plates it was "pure Photography" When the negative was invented and it was finally possible to dodge and burn the print to make it better I am sure there were some who cried- "Dark Room! Dark Room!"....
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
It's hard to reply to a two word statement as I am not sure of your implication. If it is slightly derogatory and I can understand your perspective if it is, remember that in the old days when images were shot with glass plates it was "pure Photography" When the negative was invented and it was finally possible to dodge and burn the print to make it better I am sure there were some who cried- "Dark Room! Dark Room!"....
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
Couple of quick questions from a newbie:
1) What lens were you using?
2) Did you take pictures of the house without the car in the scene so that you wouldn't have to erase the car?
3) About how many photos on average did you take with different settings on the camera for each layer used for post production?
4) Lighting - did you use flash systems or stationary lights of some sort when lighting say the car?
I would love to do this as a gift for my brothers house
The Meltdownman
meltdownman1 1 year ago
@meltdownman1
For this shot I am using about a 18mm zoom.
I shot the whole scene together so I do not have to cut any thing out. I just lit different areas one at a time. All together I shot about 800 images, I only changed the camera a couple times reluctantly. I did the changes in the time of exposures. Do not touch the camera if you can help it. I used large flood lights like a camper might use. Go for it... Regards: Eric Curry
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
Brutal
smiquensi 1 year ago
When working with the layers how do you keep light away from the rest of the car when you are lighting the hood etc?
willm5ad 1 year ago
@willm5ad
I do not really keep it away form the parts I do not want it to hit. What I do is erase it on the layer as i add it to the other layers to be built up on top of each other. I see me too often and just erase it from the shot before it is added t o the other layers...
Regards: Eric
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
@EricWilliamCurry
"I see me too often" ??
Will
willm5ad 1 year ago
@willm5ad
What I mean is, I often am captured in the shot also. The light will bounce off the car and strike a part of my leg or my arm etc if I am lighting a really bright area of the environment. When I have an exposure of a part of the front hood for example, you might also see in that single exposure a part of my arm or leg that was close to the bright light.
I will erase that part of the shot before I add it to the finished image in the stack of layers. Does that make sense?
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
@EricWilliamCurry
Yes thanks for that Eric fully understand, I have finally decided to get to grips with photshop so I can start using the layer system thanks to your encouragement so it may be a long haul but one day I hope to emulate your brilliance.
Will
willm5ad 1 year ago
Sadly: I spend about 12 hours shooting, and about 50 hours- ( thats right 50 HOURS!) in photoshop. That does not include the months I spend arranging all the people and stuff to be in the shots. REmember, it is all for free and all done with volunteers...
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
@EricWilliamCurry I must ask: Why not leave your camera on Bulb in darkness and walk around to do it in one exposure? Is it difficult to get this effect without layers?
guitarman63mm 1 year ago
@guitarman63mm
because the effect of a verrrrry long exposure will be grey mush in the camera. you or I can not do a 10 minute exposure and still keep the blacks black as there is too much ambient light all over the scene usually.
also it is easier to control a lot of different shots instead of one giant shot..
regards: Eric
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
waao !!! its super amazing .. !! u r tha real photographer..
believe me i m your no.1 fan now.. !!!!
i wanna ask you a question : do u manipulate lightning in Photoshop ? or in any software ?
m gonna try this !!
movania89 1 year ago
@movania89
Hi: No I do not manipulate the lighting at all in photoshop. Strangely, it is real photography because the lighting is the real deal..... The quality of lighting is the most important factor in the images.....
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
@EricWilliamCurry okay, its fantastically, brilliant .. around how much time do you spend on 1 project ?
movania89 1 year ago
brilliant!
aviationdesign 1 year ago
@aviationdesign
I'm inspired by the objects and houses, cars and people all around me.
Enjoy and thanks.
Eric Curry
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
This is something like super cool HDR photography which is processed on site :D May I know what light do you use to lit them up? only flash light?
hclone 1 year ago
@hclone
Hi . yes I use a hand held flood light made from Brinkman.
Regards: Eric Curry
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
@hclone
I only use large flood lights for this shot. like large flash lights...
Eric
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
This is something like super cool HDR photography which is processed on site :D May I know what light do you use to lit them up? only flash light?
hclone 1 year ago
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hclone 1 year ago
I wish life was lit like this!
VeneDrummer 1 year ago
I totally agree. Just like when I was a kid growing up in Los Angeles. WAtching endless hours of "father Knows Best" and "My three Sons" and other shows where life was idyllic and all was good with the world. To bad life is not so pretty and god. I tried to make a shot where life is that pretty and good. A fella can dream can't he?
Take Care: Eric Curry
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
awesome!
dcsplicer 1 year ago
Thanks:
In my shots there is sometimes a great deal of artistic license used. Bad parking job? - yes! Great composition - Absolutely...
Take Care: Eric
EricWilliamCurry 2 years ago 2
Genius
leotv71 2 years ago
I am flattered. NOt genius, maybe clever and motivated and patient.
Thanks.
EricWilliamCurry 2 years ago
Why dont the CCD sensor catches your image in the frame with the light ?????
amarbir22 2 years ago
Some times it does. But I erase those parts of me I do not want in the final photos...
Just like I erase the arts of the image I make that are too light or too dark.
Eric
EricWilliamCurry 2 years ago
Bingo!
It is all about the photos. Sometime it is a journey for me and the rest of the photographers out there to figure that out.
I use photo shop and to manage all the shots I create on location I use aperture.
Take Care: Eric Curry
EricWilliamCurry 2 years ago
WOW!!!! I'm lost... sooo hum, it's about the picture at the end. What software, if any.
ouide007 2 years ago
Glad I inspired you, that is indeed why I go through the bother of posting these little videos, so others can learn to do something different and explore possibilities in the craft of photography.
Take care.
Eric Curry
EricWilliamCurry 2 years ago
Great shot. Im new to this style of photography.
You have inspired me to give multiple expsoures a try.
Cheers
MIck
MixPhotography 2 years ago