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There Must Be An Angel Playing With Your Heart

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Once upon a time, a long long time ago, in an enchanted forest, there lived an angel with a big heart. In this modern version, the leaves are LEDs, the forest is i-City and the heart drawn by my assistant and model, Carmen.

This shot was done with her drawing the heart with a pair of LED lights held in each hand. We tried the LED light from two Samsung phones and it worked just as well. It should also work with torch-lights, glow sticks and sparklers.

The tricky part was figuring out the optimum time and speed to draw. Another challenge was in lighting up her face without too much ghosting since the FL-50R flash was fired in slow shutter sync. Light Painting is an established photography genre and art form. Hope to bring you more such pictures and share with you the techniques.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f11, 1 sec.

There Must Be An Angel Playing With Your Heart

Frosty The Filter

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A frosted glass wall on a fine-dining restaurant in Brunei creates a moody but enticing hint of what lies inside. Look out for these real-life visual ‘filters’. They are rare and are especially effective when the etched lines or gaps provide a contrasting plane of focus.

Tip: If you are using a kit zoom lens, stand as far back if there is room and zoom in. Keep your camera level and dead center without tilting up or down. This reduces wide angle distortion such as slanted parallel lines and curvature effect significantly.

Frosted