Minolta Auto Meter II - Painting With Light!

Minolta Auto Meter II., originally uploaded by scalespeeder.

Inspired by Victor Ws work I thought I'd have a go at painting with light.



I set my camera up on my tripod, went to manual mode and chose a tight aperture and a 10 second exposure, focused on the light-meter, turned the lights off, tripped the shutter and shined a small torch on my subject.



I was really surprised at the outcome, quite pleasing, and I'm going to work on the technique....



Cheers, Rob.

Comments

[Victor]

Nice one Rob, really like your first results.

I've got to say I'm a bit addicted to this technique now and have been searching out my pocket torches of various sizes. There's a very satisfactory feeling when you produce an image simply by 'painting' the light where you want an exposure and you're in complete control too, not the camera. Very therapeutic :-)

Pleased to see that you're going to try this technique further, couldn't have come at a better time with our nights drawing in. Look forward to more of your work Rob.

All the best,

Victor

[Rob_Nunn]

Hi Victor,

All thanks to you with your great work with this technique!

Cheers, Rob.

[Matthew Clark]

Great shot Rob!
I had a go at this too , lol, thirty attempts just to get the one `decent` one i uploaded ! still might give it another shot with my new `nifty` fifty!!

Regards

[Rob_Nunn]

Hi Matt!

Ah! A 50mm, can't wait to see your shots, great buy!

Cheers, Rob.