I read this blog called Light Paint - it's an outstanding collection of posted light art, and people submitting their excellent light paintings. I needed some design inspiration this morning, so I was looking through the site and discovered four unbelievably beautiful pieces of light art. Check these out, I had to share them with all of you.from Phil - sometimes all it takes is bioluminescent algae...from thegreatgildersleeve - fun with pendulums...from photoholic - late night cullyfrom RonnieBruce - untitled, as far as I could tell
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Jim on Light is written by Jim Hutchison, Chief Design Consultant of Alive Lighting. Jim has several years of experience in the Entertainment Lighting industry. Jim is a member of USA Local 829.
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Light Paint Inspiration on a Wednesday Morning
August 18th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Just Plain AWESOME., Light Art, Light and Photography, artists, light painting
Posted in Just Plain AWESOME., Light Art, Light and Photography, artists, light painting
Welcome, 2010! Here’s Some Laser Graffiti!
After a small week-long break, I am back at the controls, ready to welcome in a new year. It's been a crazy decade, hasn't it? I got my start in lighting about 3 years before the new millennium started - now we're a new decade in and I am still proud and thrilled to be a part of our industry. I hope you are proud too - we're pioneering folks, us lighting people!I'm up to my eyeballs in it this morning, so I have a special treat for you on the first day back from all of your bye-bye-2009 debauchery. Aron Altmark ... Read More»
Robert Buelteman’s Magic Flora
November 18th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Color, Innovation, Just Plain AWESOME., Light Art, Light and Photography, artists, bioluminescence, electricity, light painting
Posted in Color, Innovation, Just Plain AWESOME., Light Art, Light and Photography, artists, bioluminescence, electricity, light painting
Do you know who Robert Buelteman is? A while ago I read an article in Wired about Robert (the article is where I got the images), and I was so intrigued by his art and process that I had to contact him myself and tell him how great I found his work.Robert is an artist of the utmost depth and skill. He's an artist working with light, electricity, nature, and an idea of using those three things to expose images that are hidden from our view by design. Robert Buelteman creates images of plant life, but not with a brush ... Read More»
Time-Lapse Helicopter Take-Off – Light Painting from 1949
Andreas Feininger's time-lapse Life Magazine photo of a helicopter taking off at night from 1949 is... amazing. With the Pablo Picasso light painting pictures from that year, I never imagined that 1949 was such a hotbed for light painting!Check these images out, they are amazing.I found these two initial images from Make, but once I did some digging, it was like Contrast Photo City. Check out these other beautiful images I found digging through the Life Magazine pile:Moving. Enough said.
LichtFaktor – A Live Light Art Performance
September 8th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Digital Light, Innovation, LEDs, Light Art, Light and Sound, Lighting for Enjoyment!, Video, artists, light painting
Posted in Digital Light, Innovation, LEDs, Light Art, Light and Sound, Lighting for Enjoyment!, Video, artists, light painting
I just came across this information from Behance - there is a group out there called optiX, and they are doing live light art performances. A collaboration of sorts, the optiX guys are a German group that creates live light art, with human interaction, to music. From the optiX site, translated from German (I apologize for the crappy translation in advance!): optix has come together in 2001 as a trio, to high-class acrobatics and spectacular lighting effects combine with each other. The ability to transpose music in light makes the juggling light and fire shows the absolute highlight of optix ... Read More»
An LED Spray Can That’s Not A Spray Can At All
August 24th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Digital Light, Innovation, LEDs, Lamps and Sources, Light Art, Light and Photography, Lighting Toys, artists, light painting
Posted in Digital Light, Innovation, LEDs, Lamps and Sources, Light Art, Light and Photography, Lighting Toys, artists, light painting
It seems like a lot of folks have been playing with the idea of light graffiti lately. There are certainly some great light graffiti artists out there, like Vicki DaSilva, and some mediocre ones, like yours truly. To honor the idea of graffiti in the pigment form, a French designer named Aïssa Logerot produced an LED light graffiti source shaped just like a can of spray paint - except instead of paint, obviously, the spray-esque can uses LED toppers of different colors, and a Faraday shake mechanism to charge the battery. Sa-weet! From Aïssa's website: halo is a handy light-writing tool, ... Read More»
Hey Detroit – You Should Listen When Broken City Lab Talks to You
July 29th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Environmentally Friendly Design, Guerilla Light, Just Plain AWESOME., Light and Advertising, Lighting and The Economy, Political HooHaa, artists, light painting
Posted in Environmentally Friendly Design, Guerilla Light, Just Plain AWESOME., Light and Advertising, Lighting and The Economy, Political HooHaa, artists, light painting
In September to November 2009, people in Detroit, MI and Winsor, Ontario will be seeing messages like this projected in the night sky:Broken City Lab - a "creative research group" - will be shining these kinds of messages on the CIBC building for all of Detroit to see. Broken City Lab is from Windosr, a city that is also bearing the brunt of the really excellent business dealings of the "big three" auto giants. BCL uses art as a means to “tactically disrupt and engage the city, its communities, and its infrastructures to reimagine the potential for action in the ... Read More»
Tags: Broken City Lab, Chrysler, Detroit, economic woes, Ford, GM, Guerilla Light, poverty, projection
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Pablo Picasso, The Light Graffiti Artist
This is extremely awesome - light art blog Light Paint posted some Life Magazine images from 1949 of Pablo Picasso creating some light graffiti. Talk about way before his time - can you imagine what the world would be like if that guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Niels Bohr were still alive?Check out these images - this is one of the coolest things I've seen:
TUBE, from Mark the Dark
June 12th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Just Plain AWESOME., Light Art, Lighting for Enjoyment!, artists, light painting
Posted in Just Plain AWESOME., Light Art, Lighting for Enjoyment!, artists, light painting
This image grabbed me by the throat, threw me down a flight of stairs, and punched me in the Light Sock:From a few of the folks at Mark the Dark - Jay Liu, John Rim, and Kotori Ikari. Good work, folks. I love it.Here's another interesting light painting image from user "OBEY" at Mark the Dark:
A Long Distance Touch with Light
May 1st, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Digital Light, Jewelry and Personal Lighting, Lighting and Human Physiology, Lighting and the Human Element, Lighting for Enjoyment!, light painting, projection design
Posted in Digital Light, Jewelry and Personal Lighting, Lighting and Human Physiology, Lighting and the Human Element, Lighting for Enjoyment!, light painting, projection design
As a lighting designer, I unfortunately spend a lot of time away from my loving wife. For example, I'm about to embark on a back-to-back run of shows, and I'll be gone from her for about five weeks. That's a long time - I know a lot of people who love being away from their significant other, but my wife is my best friend, and I miss her after about 48 hours!I doubt my wife would be into something like this (after all, I am the annoying husband, and time away from me is probably a vacation!), but a trio ... Read More»
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