After convincing my wife that she would have a blast, we turned the lights off, we shut down the computers and other gear, and we participated in Earth Hour 2009. We decided to try our hand at some light art – in our case, novice art. I'm a lighting designer, but this is a whole separate ballgame!
Starring yours truly, my lovely wife Leia, and Gracie the Beagle. I hope you enjoy our goofy efforts!
fun, isn't it?
it is EXTREMELY fun! I found myself filing down the lenses on some of my little handheld LEDs to get less camera glare and brighter image burn with the drawing. I would love to chat with you sometime for my podcast about light painting. Are you interested?
[...] off anything drawing power in your house or apartment and just give the grid a break for an hour.Last year my wife and I made some light art with a keychain LED. I plan do do something similar to last year's event in a few minutes [...]