Often while working at weddings I will rely on an assistant holding a light for me while moving around with me and the action. Gridded flash gives dramatic results allowing you to highlight single couples on the dance floor and control how much chiaroscuro occurs. The downside is that your assistant can’t hold a flash...
Here is a single collaborative shot created by myself and Ben Godkin during one of his weddings. We used the RGB light wand along with a single 580EXII flash with a grid to light the bride and groom. The exposure was somewhere around 20 seconds at f/11′ish. The light wand is exceedingly bright which demands...
Lately I have been working on a few arduino controlled light painting tools and recently took the first prototype out for a bit of painting in Austin. A more detailed post about the wand will follow, but a bit of info for the curious. It consists of a 4 lead common cathode RGB LED strip...
