What is Light Painting? Light painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera. By moving the light source, the light can be used to selectively illuminate parts of the subject or to "paint" a picture by shining it directly into the camera lens. Light painting requires a slow shutter speed, usually a second or more.
(Thanks to wikipedia for the explanation, I'm saved!)
Have you ever try light painting before? No? Then you should try it. Normally, (for a DSLR users) to shoot a light painting you'll need to use the Bulb mode, small aperture and the lowest ISO setting available. But you can only see the results right after you've closed the shutter. I'm so pity with them.. :P
(Thanks to wikipedia for the explanation, I'm saved!)
Have you ever try light painting before? No? Then you should try it. Normally, (for a DSLR users) to shoot a light painting you'll need to use the Bulb mode, small aperture and the lowest ISO setting available. But you can only see the results right after you've closed the shutter. I'm so pity with them.. :P
Actually.. there is another way to see what you're doing in real time but you'll need to connect your DSLR to a computer and the technical stories will continue that I have no interest whatsoever to share it here.. lol!
But that's not the case with the OM-D E-M1..
One of the neat features of this camera is the "Live Time" feature. It actually lets you preview your image at as it's being recorded!
To turn on this functionality, choose M mode (Manual mode) and turn the rear dial all the way to the left until you see it display "Live Time" (right after the Bulb mode). The default screen refresh rate is 0.5 second. Should you find it too fast, you can just change the setting in the Exp/p/ISO function menu, right under Live Time settings. You can configure up to 60 seconds of refresh rate per image or you can just touch the screen to refresh, but whatever your configuration will be, the display count can only support up to 24 times only - honestly that is more then enough for me.
Below is one sample photo that I've shot last night. My wife is a subject (or should I say victim) for this experiment and my kids just love to assist.. its play time!
But that's not the case with the OM-D E-M1..
One of the neat features of this camera is the "Live Time" feature. It actually lets you preview your image at as it's being recorded!
To turn on this functionality, choose M mode (Manual mode) and turn the rear dial all the way to the left until you see it display "Live Time" (right after the Bulb mode). The default screen refresh rate is 0.5 second. Should you find it too fast, you can just change the setting in the Exp/p/ISO function menu, right under Live Time settings. You can configure up to 60 seconds of refresh rate per image or you can just touch the screen to refresh, but whatever your configuration will be, the display count can only support up to 24 times only - honestly that is more then enough for me.
Below is one sample photo that I've shot last night. My wife is a subject (or should I say victim) for this experiment and my kids just love to assist.. its play time!
Kinda creepy aren't they.. MUAHAHAHAHA!
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