Light Painting Basics: 5 Things To Know

Here are 5 basic things to know before you go out light painting!

In this video, I'll explain the difference between 30" and 'Bulb Mode', the importance of location scouting before dark, how to get a focus in the dark, how to properly balance exposure using ISO and F-stop settings, and lastly, why I always do a bag check before heading out!

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[mauriciolee]

Wow! As of today March 6th, 2025, this is the MOST HELPFUL video about Light Painting Mistakes for me. My 2 favorite sections are: 1. How to avoid blurry images, 2. How to avoid underexposure or over exposure. Thank DARIUSTWIN

[chrishamilton]

Cant wait until you restock your Night Writers! I saw you told someone you try to restock every 2 weeks or so... and subs gets notifed! I made a customer account and signed up for the mailing list... cant wait to get started...

[Pamashtenam]

Clever way to lock focus Darren! Thanks for your videos. It moves me to go out along with my dusty NightWriter and try to go back into my Flow state. ;)

[anotherguycalledsmith]

7:25 Sorry, but left your tripod behind… ;-)