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The Magic of Light Painting
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The Magic of Light Painting

by Tim Cooper
April 2014
Intermediate to advanced
65 pages
1h 40m
English
Peachpit Press
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One of the coolest things about this type of photography is that you need very little special gear. No special lenses, tripods, or tripod heads. You will, however, need a camera that can be set to “Bulb.” This setting allows the shutter to stay open for as long as you depress the shutter button. Depending on the ambient light in the scene, most of your exposures will be measured in minutes rather than seconds or fractions of seconds. For this reason you need this special shutter speed called Bulb. On some cameras, the bulb setting is the last shutter setting after 30 seconds (30”). On other cameras, it is a special setting on the exposure mode dial. Check your camera’s manual to ensure that you have the bulb setting (Figure 1.3) and to ...

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ISBN: 9780133845716