A few weeks ago, I purchased some gadgets from the Harold Ross Light Painting Site. I know that I mentioned in the last UK challenge that I used Light Painting to illuminate my Snowmen Family Portrait. But the snowmen image did not come close to what I was trying to imitate, and that was the work of the master of the technique, Harold Ross. Well, now that I have the tools, a flashlight, a coupler and diffusers, I have to learn how to use them. It is going to take a while before I think I get anything that I am proud of, but in the meantime, I will show you my first attempt while using the tools that I purchased. It's not the tools that are going to make the difference, it is learning how to use them. I hope you will see a gradual improvement over time.
Speaking of time, it takes a long time to create this look. After setting up the still life, I took over 40+ photographs lighting certain objects individually. For example, the corner of the tool chest, the head of the hammer, the handle of the hammer, the circular part of the drill, were all lit up and photographed using separate images. Then of the 40+ images, I chose 15 and layered them masking away unwanted areas and leaving only the areas that you see n the image. It is a rather long post-processing project. But this image after being compiled and flattened had no other enhancements applied to it.
I call it MY DAD'S TOOLS, but I think some of them belonged to my grandfather.

Speaking of time, it takes a long time to create this look. After setting up the still life, I took over 40+ photographs lighting certain objects individually. For example, the corner of the tool chest, the head of the hammer, the handle of the hammer, the circular part of the drill, were all lit up and photographed using separate images. Then of the 40+ images, I chose 15 and layered them masking away unwanted areas and leaving only the areas that you see n the image. It is a rather long post-processing project. But this image after being compiled and flattened had no other enhancements applied to it.
I call it MY DAD'S TOOLS, but I think some of them belonged to my grandfather.

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