Ball of Light Masterclass
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2018
- Creating the Ball of Light has been my lead project for around 8 years now. It has been so much fun on many levels. The tutorial is all about sharing as many tip and tricks as i can to help you improve your light painting skills.
For more light painting madness visit www.denissmith.com.au
This dude is SERIOUS about orbs. and I love it
I’m making my way through comments I haven’t responded to. I get lost sometimes. So sorry for the late reply. Haha. Yeah a little bit serious for sure. Thanks for dropping by. Peace.
Fantastic tutorial video and great of you to pass on all your knowledge and experience!!!!! You've inspired me to have a go at this!!!!
I’m making my way through comments I haven’t responded to. I get lost sometimes. So sorry for the late reply. I am so pleased you enjoyed it. Have a bunch of fun🙏
Love this tutorial, so much detail, so much information, I now feel able to give this a shot.
This was an excellent in depth tutorial thanks so much for teaching me something new!! 💯👏👏👏
Thank you for such clear instructions. Very detailed and will save me time in the learning curve. Much appreciated!!!
How kind and thoughtful of you to share your expertise and knowledge with the world! It is a real pleasure watching a person giving inspiration and ideas whilst so many folks just want to take. I will now see just how many orbs I can make within an orb - each to their own!
Excellent instructions! You really spent time explaining in details. My orbs are always messy and now I know why. I will practice spinning the light before I try again. Thank you.
Thank you very much for making this tutorial and for all the good tips. This is indeed a Master class!!! Can't wait to see the second part.
Hey! It will be here soon. Just trying to find some time.
Thank you very much Denis, looking forward to the orb tool i just ordered and trying this. The video is just what i was looking for :)
Thanks for a great simple tutorial, great stuff.
I'm only a few minutes into your video, but wanted to stop and say thanks for opening up about and talking about what spinning orbs means to you. After stepping away from learning photography for many years, I've come full circle and now I'm learning everything I can. My focus is travel and landscape -for similar reasons in that it's meditative- also astrophotography and now that I've discovered light painting I'm completely in awe. I look forward to learning everything I can. Thank you for creating your videos.
Thanks for your kind words Anna, I happy you are enjoying! Peace
Thank you for the instructions, very helpful, i have some practicing to do, but after i tried your method, big improvement, thanks again
This was an excellent tutorial, thanks.
Cheers Denis, just got into light balls/painting etc. gonna try this tonight
soo glad I found this video thank you so much I have just started doing workshops with steel wool,and I myself feel the same as you about being out amongst the world just relaxing and making cool photos
Great video, looking forward to part 2
Thanks so much for sharing I have always wanted to give this a go.
Thanks a lot Denis, I love your tools!
Hi mate. I’m glad you like them.
Very cool images! Thanks for sharing Denis.
Watching this in preparation for getting my Ball of light from your store. After being a part of the meetup on Saturday night in Adelaide i was amazed by it and can't wait to try some light painting myself
The flour shed ! It's so great to see that place again. Beautiful masterclass, Denis. Peace and light, man ! Big hug from far away. :)
And a HUGE hug back at you mate.
thats how photography should only be: sharing knowledge :)
Thank you for this great tutorial
Great video Denis thank-you for sharing your extensive knowledge
My pleasure mate!
Hi Denis, thanks a lot for all these good tips and to continue to inspire us!
A pleasure! Peace, Denis
awesome idea!
Thank is such well detailed and explain
Thanks you for doing this!! I'm excited to try this.
I’m making my way through comments I haven’t responded to. I get lost sometimes. So sorry for the late reply. Have a huge amount of fun! Yay.
Great tutorial! Thank you
Absolutely bloody brilliant mate, this is truly amazing stuff you got me hooked on doing this now, just gave you 👍 and subscription to watch more fantastic videos.
Thank you
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you for inspiring us with this cool art!
Thanks Dee! You rock.
Great tutorial, thanks for sharing your knowledge!
My pleasure!
Your personality and your work are fabulous mate... Keep on doing this brilliant work...
Thank you so much 😀
damn the intro is light am hooked
love your lessons, i have the hardest time with the wrist movement...oh well practice practice practice
Great video - the walking backwards bit has made such a difference, it seems more disciplined. Looking forward to part 2.
I get so dizzy doing this, I will master this art though!
Great info Denis, thanks so much, hopefully my orbs will start looking a bit better,
Have fun mate.
Great Masterclass! Thank you!
My pleasure.
Oh my god, thank you, now I finally know, what causes my double orb!
My pleasure sweet lady!
I'm enjoying this from Adelaide and recognie your images which are in Adelaide too.
Hi Patrick, I live down near Semaphore. The best city in the world mate!!
@@SCHOOLOFLIGHT I agree. You may not be of like mind but I'm running as the Greens candiate for the Federal seat of Hindmarsh at the next Federal election. Very much concerned about keeeping the beauty of Adelaide as a liveable city for all people.
Super. At last someone who knows what he's talking about. No Yeao, what up guys, here's how good I am rubbish. Lovely tutorial. Well done.
Yo, was up bro, its the d'man here! Thanks Brian, I hope you have fun!
This is exciting thanks buddy
I’m making my way through comments I haven’t responded to. I get lost sometimes. So sorry for the late reply. Thanks heaps. If all I’ve done is given you a little bit of excitement, my job is done. Peace.
@14:26 whoever edited this I see you! I love the riser in the music matching with the swinging led passing over the one on the ground! Kudos!!
Thank you.
Thank you! Since a road accident in 2004, photography is my therapy. This seems to be another way to escape the mental trauma I go through. I'll be trying your techniques. Subbed btw. :)
Well your photography looks great and your tutorials are very useful and inspiration. Hope you are doing okay :)
@@tomobrien4182 Many thanks Tom. I'm fine at the moment. ;)
Sorry for the late reply! I am so pleased you are finding solace in your photography. It helped me no end. Peace
Had the pleasure and the privilege of viewing your series at MGA every week as an intern last year Denis. I'm looking forward to getting an email together and be in touch with you quite soon.
JT.
Thank you mate. Was great to chat on the phone!
SCHOOL OF LIGHT thank you for sharing your time! We are very excited to paint with light soon soon 🤩
amazing! thanks for this.
Glad you liked it!
No bad circles, only happy accidents.You can buy very cheap stones that light in dark. and then you can have multiple places you know where to " do your thing".
Im the 1000th sub. Good videos.
loved that lots of great points to practice, thank you. I cant find part 2 though? Is it called "ball of light masterclass part 2" or something else?
Hi Steph, consider the whole new School of Light part 2! Have fun, peace.
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(couple yrs late to your party I see) but stil remains a motiavtional video to help me feel like I really could do this. Id sure like to try. Thanks for the confidence builder. Appreciated and glad I found this. I need some motivation or inspiration to get me back into my camera...(instead of a pile of expensive glass just sitting there) Guess they call it a slump? This just might get me off the rusty dusy
Mate you are NEVER too late. Ill be spinning till im an old man!
Such a great tutorial! I had a go and made some nice glowing balls of string lol but I'm slowly getting them detangled... the main problem I had was because I was doing it alone, I used an intervalometer so I could take longer than 30 second exposures but I had trouble knowing when the shutter was open or not... next time I'll just set a 10 second delay and run back and forth to the camera!
That sounds like……fun. I would highly recommend investing in a remote. They are super affordable now. Most of them have a beeper that tells you when the exposure is finished. Really handy. I’m glad you found the tutorial handy.
thanx master
Hey there, what a great tutorial, thx! What kind of light did you use during this instructionvideo?
Great tutorial.
Glad you liked it!
TKS very good vidéo
This is awesome, great video. I was thinking of fire sticks but I think torches sound a lot safer 😅
haha, fire is cool, but SAFETY!!!
Great tutorial! Thanks. One thing: do you use Live Comp on your Olympus camera? If not, why not?
There's a lot to learn from you
Hi. I liked the videos tutorial. One question , have you ever tried in a waterfall or any place where the ground isn't flat enough to move around ? I'm curious.
超棒的教學
I use a small glow in the dark star for a reference point.
Were can I buy that little light on the ground? That is a good idea. Thank you
your orbits quality, colors and creative locations are something else. we need your instagram handel
Hi There, you will find my instagram here instagram.com/the_ball_of_light/
Great video. Iam gonne try it. Looking for lamp
www.denissmith.com.au/the-ball-of-light-tool you will find the tool here. Thank you
Good techer
great video... with the 2nd 3 dollar light set up that doesn't have an off switch in the other hand... how do you end the exposure without making a streak of light moving away from the orb?
Use a remote RF trigger or simply , turn your back to the camera, stop the movement of your hand and let the string wrap itself around your hand,wrist
My camera has only 30sec ..how can I make it 60sec shutter open
Excellent presentation, thank you for sharing your knowledge. ..... When you said you sometimes have an exposure of up to three or four minutes to capture the ambient light, are you spinning the ball of light for all of that time? Or switching the light off and moving out of shot after, say, 2 minutes?
Yes that is exactly right. The normal spin duration is 90-120 seconds, then i turn it off and walk out. am glad you liked it
Did you say you are using Olympus cameras? I was interested in what model you recommend. Thanks for the very thorough tutorial!! je
Hi Jerry, sorry for the late reply. look any camera in their range is good. for me the perfect balance is the 12-40f2.8pro lens with an EM1 body. The weather sealing is amazing!
Amazing!!!!
Please what remote control was that you have?
Sorry for the late replay, it is the Hahnel Capture Pro
*good job bro*
Thanks cuz.
I've tried a few before watching this video. Thanks for the tips! One thing you didn't mention, and maybe it isn't a problem if you do it right, is because of gyroscope p recession (I think) my nodes, top and bottom, are not exactly above each other, but the top node is off to one side. Any ideas about that, or do I just need more practice?
Hi David, you hit the nail on the head, practice, tweak, go again and then more practice.
Thanks Denis that was great Job i just wonder what type of light at ground? is it custom light or something can be bought from Electronic shop?
I normally just use a coin, or a Little Rock or something. But you can get little button battery tea light.
@@SCHOOLOFLIGHT Thanks so much Denis highly appreciated very kind of you Pay a visit to UAE you will get amazing shots of lovely places
Hey let's say I have a bride and groom that want a orb around them how would I go about doing this around 2 people?
Photoshop
Great tutorial, but where is part 2? I can't find it.
Hi Jim, consider the entire School of light as part two. There will be tonnes of orbage for sure.
Just a thought from someone who isn't a photographer but who watched the video for the effect shown in the thumbnail. I'm sure over the years you may already have thought of this and dismissed it but in your search for creating a constant circle to eliminate "loose strands" in the finished effect, is it not possible to adapt a mechanical device (such as a drill) which would turn in an almost perfect radius everytime, then you'd just need to work out how to rotate the drill to give the full orb effect? Just a thought, please forgive me if I'm missing something basic. Enjoyed the video though.
Hi Gary, for sure there are many ways to create these mechanically. For me the simplicity of a hand spun orb is the thing i love, like a fingerprint, every one is unique. Thanks fr touching base.
Gyroscopic effect doesn’t want to allow the spinning circle to turn. The requirement of forcing it to turn influences your spinning technique to keep the circle vertical. A rigid vertical gyro, when forced out of it’s running axis, will climb right out of vertical.
That might be why you can’t walk forward without changing other bits of technique.
The ambient light on the sensor got to be proportional to the area of the lens opening and shutter speed (i.e. proportional to shutter speed * (pi /4) * aperture**2) which includes your artificial light. In your case that includes the bulb light. The aperture (i.e. the lens opening) controls the depth of field wrt the point in focus. Hence, a smaller opening (e.g. f8) with 60s timing should get you a better looking ball than a wider opening lens (e.g. f1.8). Perhaps your way of thinking give you a better grip on doing these kind of shots...
Love it. But what about an iPhone 13 Pro Max? Can you still do it.
Hi mate. I am pretty sure with modern phones and manual, you can make these types of images. Have a go.
@@SCHOOLOFLIGHT I will thanks for the advice. Keep on shooting.
i am trying to figure out what i will need this for
Where is a good place to find ball tools
www.denissmith.com.au/the-ball-of-light-tool
Nice video..it helped a lot...but toward the end the music at around 40 minutes was REALLY irritating...
Has your orbing given you a Rafa Nadal style arm mutation?
haha! Bloody should do!
@@SCHOOLOFLIGHT Haven't checked in for a long time - great to see what a success the BoL has become. Those tools are mighty tempting! (Ningaloo)
This is a fantastic video. My only hope is you have the permission of the photographers whose work you featured and haven't simply just credited them. I can see how meditative it can be and look forward to starting it.
How can I create this with a iPhone
That depends on your phone and the app used, most phones now will allow you full control.
SCHOOL OF LIGHT do you have any suggestions for what app to use
I’m very tempted to try an aluminum arm in a cordless drill with a governed trigger......with, of course a perfectly balanced counterweight and perfect 90 degree chuck stub.
Cheating ?? I don’t care. If any of you beat me to it, and you probably will, please let me know if it works.
Why did you not show where to get the tool
Hi ya. The Ball of Light tool?
@@SCHOOLOFLIGHT yep I've looked everywhere
"Just leaving the natural momentum of the head work it's good. Obviously if you slow down too much the head's gonna go sloppy, it's gonna go drop around and it's not gonna work. It's in the balance. Leave the momentum of the head to keep it upright."
Sounds like a blue pill might be a solution if one can't keep up with the momentum.
Oh right, we're supposed to be serious... sorry.
зачем делать 43 минуты, сразу было понятно как это делается, когда увидел что крутится свет рукой.
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too much unnecessary information and annoying background music in this video
Thanks for the feedback. The video is for those starting out, the very cool fast forward feature on TH-cam could be your friend. Peace