Creative Light Painting Portraits With a DIY Light Ring | Master Your Craft

Long exposure light painting is an incredibly fun way to experiment and get creative with your photography. In this video, Pye walks through how to set up and capture stunning portraits using a simple DIY light ring.

Time Stamps:
Intro: 0:00 - 0:31
What You Need: 0:32 - 2:54
Technique #1: 2:55 - 7:50
Technique #2: 7:51 - 11:13
Outro: 11:13 - 11:46

Welcome to “Master Your Craft,” a photography educational series by SLR Lounge, exclusively on Adorama TV. From gear advice to in-depth instruction, our goal is to give you practical, real-world advice to help you master the craft of photography. Whether you’re a beginner just learning your camera, an amateur looking to become pro, or a professional seeking inspiration, this is the series you’ve been looking for to help you become a better photographer.

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✘ PRODUCTS USED:

Canon EOS R5:

Canon RF 28-70mm f/2 L USM Lens:

Peak Design Aluminum Travel Tripod:

✘ PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT USED:

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Zoom Lens:

Benro S8 Tripod:

Blue Yeti USB Microphone:

SanDisk 128GB Extreme PRO UHS-II Memory Card:

Adobe Premiere Pro:

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THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING!

[k_steele]

Thanks so much for making this easy to understand. You do a great job explaining what you are doing and why, and the hack with string lights and a hoop is great!

[luzye]

Thank you, Pye! This was a fun lesson.

[stephenmuller]

Love a bit of light painting, easier than a lot of people think. No two shots are the same, adding a bit of smoke can add atmosphere too. Thanks Pye for more inspirational work.

[fotosbyduane]

Another great tutorial! Each I watch your videos I feel inspired. I’m late to portraiture photography, but I look forward to incorporating your techniques.

[josephchan]

Good ideas for social media or website. Thanks.

[jimdarracott]

Nice idea of using led string lights. Another photographer was using light tubes to form a broader swath of light. Very net when color was added. Keep teaching. We all can use ideas from everyone.

[Jimmy_Cavallo]

💥💥 0:21 What are you bouncing that rear facing speedlight on.??

[jessekihuha]

How did you edit this images they pop so well

[tedk]

Very cool, looks even easier ( and more fun ) than a drag and pop. Thanks to you and Sabrina and Adorama too.

[Neopulse]

I laughed so hard when you took a pause regarding what was the diameter and circumference 🤣

[SteveMillerhuntingforfood]

I wanna do that light painting but on film. I'm shooting portraits (on film) of a friend in a few weeks and light painting behind him would be very cool.

[TheDb]

Are you able to cut the string light strip down? The link provided is for a 100 LED string light strip but the ring used definitely doesn’t have anywhere near that amount. Looking at it from the video it would appear to be closer to maybe 30 LEDs used. I don’t want to cut the strip and have issues but 100 is way too many for such a small circumference

[isoawe]

Cool idea. Going to give it a try. I think I’ll put a barrier ( gaffer tape ) between individual LED and near hand. That way fingers wont turn red with light.

[ajbid]

I’d love to see you use capture one. As well bring the visual flow presets to capture one!!

[kurtsteiner]

Pier2
Diameter is twice the radious
=a circuferance.
If its sphere then its pie r 2