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Hey you! Yes, hue!
Color your world one photograph at a time by painting with light.
Our guide will show you how to amp up your photos with color in a flash, without any fancy equipment or software.
Follow the light, friends. A whole chroma of possibilities await.
Learn How To Light Paint With Rainbow Photo Filters
WHY IT’S COOL
You’ve always wanted to take these photos but didn’t have the know how – ’til now. Also, color rules! Beige drools.
INGREDIENTS
- Colorful Flash Filters (like these, or any see-through colored plastic)
- Camera or Phone Camera
- Tripod
- Flashlight
- External Flash
- A room that is nice and dark
GET SET
To give yourself enough time for these effects, set your camera’s shutter speed to around 5 seconds (5″) and adjust the aperture and ISO accordingly. You can either do this on your camera’s Manual (M) mode (you set the aperture), or Time Value (TV) mode (it’ll choose aperture for you).
To make sure your image is sharp, mount your camera on a tripod or put onto a flat surface. Using the self timer option is also a good idea, to avoid shaking your camera when you press the shutter button.
COLOR CAMERA ACTION
Press that button and get ready. When the shutter opens, you’ve got 5 seconds to work!
Fire the flash to the left of your subject with your first colored filter, then (QUICKLY!) switch filters and fire a second flash to the right of your subject. Experiment with even more flashes in different part of the scene for an even more psychedelic result.
If you don’t have an external flash, don’t despair. You can use a bright flashlight by turning it on and off quickly.
DRAW SOME ATTENTION
Time to get your drawing on, Da Vinci.
Grab your flashlight (or your phone’s flashlight mode) and cover it with a color filter (we used 2 flashlights with different color filters simultaneously to get this effect).
While the shutter is open, do a dance and move your arms around like crazy. Or write a message, or draw a love heart. Either or.
GHOST FACES
Ever thought your photos need more of you? We’ve got your back. Or front.
Starting from one side of the scene, fire the filter covered flash (or flashlight) around your subject’s face, then ask them to move sideways. Repeat with different colors until you run out of time and/or space.
Ooooohhhhoohh.
TAKING IT FURTHER
- Combine flash to light up your face and flashlight to draw at the same time
- This app for your phone can be used in the same way as a flashlight + filter. Use it to draw or hold it still over the part of the scene you want to illuminate in color
- Flash filters aren’t just reserved for your flash or flashlight. For a super quick and easy effect, just slip a filter right in front of your lens
© Erika for Photojojo, 2014. |
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