Indoor Light Painting: It’s Easy and Fun
For all of the below pictures, my camera settings were mostly the same. The real key to light painting these was long exposure and a flashlight.
Leave your shutter open for a longer period of time.
For these photos I left it open for about 15 seconds.
Use a flashlight to shine a light on your product.
Get up really close to your subject. The closer you are, the more interesting the light will look in the final image. You will use your flashlight as you would a paint brush. Hence the name light painting. Be sure not to point the flashlight toward the camera. If you do you will end up with light trails that basically look like lines across your photo. You can pass directly in front of the camera while light painting because as long as the light is not hitting you, you will not be seen.
Be sure to keep Dave Black‘s advice in mind; “if you want to make your subject look interesting, only light part of it.”
Check out this crazy light painting photo. It is a different style but still cool!