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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DenisSavoie" data-source="post: 12020" data-attributes="member: 4105">Being essentially poor, I developed low cost techniques that would cause light salesmen sleepless nights.I figured I'm a smart guy. There has to be a way to create staged images without the benefit of a large studio. Light painting gave me the answer. I fell in love with the work of Emil Schildt, a master of light painting and asked how it was done. Using a black background, a base textured fabric and small flashlights (pocket lamps or torches - depending where you're from), I found I was able to control where the light fell more accurately than I could with larger hot lights or strobes. Now before someone says that's not true, let me explain. I have a space to shoot that's 2m x 3 m, roughly 6' x 9' That means the light needs to be focused on a small area and fall off will bouce back into the frame from the white walls. The smaller lamps and a dark room meant that I could put light where I want and fade to black at the edges. The fading to black also gives the impression of a larger stage that's just out of the path of light. It's a little voodoo trickery that the old Dutch masters used in painting.If anyone wants to know how I create a specific image, basic starting points for lighting, I'll explain it step by step. It's simple enough with a little practice.</blockquote>