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I want to do a photoshoot involving tossing a bunch of super bright 30-minute glowsticks in a snow-covered forest and then taking long exposures.
The snow's mild translucence will ensure that the glowsticks will have an eerie radioactive glow surrounding them after they land in the snow and sink down a couple of inches. Fresh snow is therefore best for this as it is less dense and will allow the glowsticks to disappear from direct view once they hit the ground, leaving a patch of glowing snow. Also, the forest will make for interesting cast patterns of light as the glowsticks are thrown -- specific sections of each tree trunk will be highlighted. and trees that are parallel to the thrown arc and downrange of the landing point will have sharply defined shadows.
I did some tests at Lake Tahoe a couple of days ago and found that:
(1) I've pushed my pocket camera to the limits of its capabilities. (The camera is nice, but there's a slight scratch on the lens that leads to a glowing fragment in night shots where there are spots of intense illumination. In addition, there's no ability to save in raw format) If I'm going to do this, I should do it with a real SLR digital camera. If anyone is willing to loan me their camera or collaborate, let me know.
(2) I need the bright glowsticks. Little glow bracelets don't cut it.
Other than that it looks like it could be fun.
Oh, this whole thing was partially inspired by seeing Catherine's photo of the snow outside her NY apartment.
I was curious if anyone else had done this before. I didn't find anything quite like it, but I found these beautiful and understated light painting efforts: http://lightmark.de/overview.htm
The snow's mild translucence will ensure that the glowsticks will have an eerie radioactive glow surrounding them after they land in the snow and sink down a couple of inches. Fresh snow is therefore best for this as it is less dense and will allow the glowsticks to disappear from direct view once they hit the ground, leaving a patch of glowing snow. Also, the forest will make for interesting cast patterns of light as the glowsticks are thrown -- specific sections of each tree trunk will be highlighted. and trees that are parallel to the thrown arc and downrange of the landing point will have sharply defined shadows.
I did some tests at Lake Tahoe a couple of days ago and found that:
(1) I've pushed my pocket camera to the limits of its capabilities. (The camera is nice, but there's a slight scratch on the lens that leads to a glowing fragment in night shots where there are spots of intense illumination. In addition, there's no ability to save in raw format) If I'm going to do this, I should do it with a real SLR digital camera. If anyone is willing to loan me their camera or collaborate, let me know.
(2) I need the bright glowsticks. Little glow bracelets don't cut it.
Other than that it looks like it could be fun.
Oh, this whole thing was partially inspired by seeing Catherine's photo of the snow outside her NY apartment.
I was curious if anyone else had done this before. I didn't find anything quite like it, but I found these beautiful and understated light painting efforts: http://lightmark.de/overview.htm
