This ain't no disco - lightpainting with a laser level and a camera rotation device

This ain't no country club either....it's an old abandoned coal mine building in Nottinghamshire.

For this shot I used a laser level device normally used for lining stuff up on building sites but I realised that if you throw enough smoke grenades in front of it, it makes a "carpet" of laser light. It's epic to watch the smoke as the image exposes:

Sometimes lightpainting is about what light you prevent from entering the image sensor rather than exposing the sensor, so for the first part of the shot, I made sure to avoid or minimise light from hitting the right side of the frame to leave the image partly unexposed:

Once I worked out the test shot, it was simply a case of starting the exposure at zero degrees, throwing a smoke grenade and popping a Godox strobe located at the rear of the frame. I then replaced the lens cap without ending the exposure, rotating 180 degrees, removing the lens cap and exposing for the second part of the shot. Job done.

It took a few attempts because it was somewhat windy and the smoke kept blowing away!

This shot was created in one photographic exposure and is not a Photoshop creation. Here I've used a Sony A7 full frame camera with a Samyang 12mm fisheye lens for the wide perspective.

About me: I usually specialise in shooting lightpainting images but occasionally dabble in urbex and artistic model photography. I'm always on the lookout for someone to collaborate with; please don't hesitate to get in touch if you'd like to create art.

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