Light Painting

Light painting is a photographic technique in which you use a long exposure and move a light throughout a photo, giving the effect that the light is being "painted." Recently, I have been working on a project of light painting portraiture, with one of my best friends as my subject. My goal was to capture emotion not only through expression or pose but through color and movement in the photo. Using light painting, I was able to control the tonality of each photo and guide the viewers eye through the frame. This series of studio portraits is the result of this project.