Photography Week

PAINT YOUR GARDEN

1 HOUR

Light painting is a wonderful way to make the ordinary look extraordinary, and you don’t necessarily need to travel far to create photos that look out-of-this-world. In this project we’ll show you how to get set up to shoot eye-catching light-painted photos in your own garden after dark. You don’t need any special bits of kit for this – you probably have everything you need in your home. If it’s miserable weather or you don’t have a suitable garden, you could easily set up this sort of shot indoors in a dark room with a pot plant, or any interesting-looking objects you like.

The basic technique for light painting

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