Light Painting

I first heard about painting with light when reading about the photography Emil Schildt during my junior year in high school. Schildt has some very interesting work: including liquid emulsions; destroying his negatives, what he calls "killing my darlings;" and painting with light. Although I had heard of it and contemplated the idea, I never tried it myself until this year.

Here are some of my images:



You may have seen this in a Sprint flashlight animation commercial: