Light Drawing for Portraits in New York City

[@ascgazz]

Absolutely fascinated by the flash. So fast it’s invisible between frames of the video. Mind blown.

[@izzydo3494]

Wish more cameras had this live comp feature, like bruh, it's so useful to see your image being composed as light is coming in and not having to worry about over exposuring other parts of the image when you're doing the light painting. Makes the traditional light painting methods look overwhelming and complex with a lot of guessing, masking, etc...

[@susanmagnano]

I totally agree that it is an amazing feature.

[@smougeotte61]

Thank you Susan for sharing all your educational and very fun tutorials. Love your passion for light painting 😊

[@anono8983]

Haven't done this in years, but use to do it often for a time in the early 90's Was always a fun practice.

[@duncanmeechan5694]

Wow! That was fantastic, you made it look so easy to do that, I know for a fact it wasn’t as I have practiced similar for years and still cannot perfect things. I have noticed quite a lot from you in this video that might help me improve so I will be out trying it very soon. I was over in New York just last week for 3 nights and I loved it, what a fantastic place, there was so much to see but not enough time for everything which was quite sad really. Still I know now that I will have to come back again for a much longer break in the city and I will be hoping you are there doing a workshop because I will most definitely be attending if I get the opportunity. Thank you for sharing this video, I do think it has been a great help to me and probably many others so keep it up, you are awsome ! 😁👍

[@sandykreit1752]

Susan you are an amazing light painter. ❤️

[@kevinharding9361]

Absolutely inspirational - thank you so much. And this is why I sold off half my Sony gear to add an OM1 !

[@razvand.4844]

Amazing tutorial ! Awesome !!!! Gorgeous !!! Smart and beautiful ! Best tutorial of 2022 so far !

[@JohnHPettigrewFujishooter67]

Fantastic insight into Susan's technique.

[@tonyb2760]

Very well presented with some really great examples. Makes the mind wonder what else could we do with some of these techniques . Thank you for sharing this.

[@keith2599]

That was fantastic Susan along with AWESOME BEUTIFUL results, Really enjoyed your video.... Love from the u. k....

[@ohrah2003]

Love the endless possibilities to create with so many light tools. Amazing tutorial. Thanks

[@susanmagnano]

Thank you! We look forward to seeing what you create

[@Jwitherow1964]

Well I have watched all your videos and now I am flowing you on facebook and you have help me find a new passion I love this and you and my om1 lol thanks for sharing your knowledge so freely

[@Jwitherow1964]

You have inspired me I have already done my first shot and loved it I AM HOOKED

[@valerifine4214]

Amazing ! Thank you.

[@MrTmiket0007]

Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video and tips, I like to use sparkle sticks to ligth paint 👍

[@antwonmaurice]

Awesome tutorial! 😍 I love light painting, but rarely do it any longer. Great inspiration and ideas for using a model with light painting. You have inspired me to create some fun portrait exposures before summer ends in Chicago. 🔦💡

[@eddieteabagify]

Thank you so much. Giving me ideas for sports and light paintng.

[@moderntimes4814]

New every time as every pic is unique

[@werito82]

Awesome tutorial, love this. I HAVE to give this a try with my kids! 😄

[@gillesmonaco4842]

I love ! I love ! I love ! . . . GREAT !

[@BandH]

Happy you enjoyed it!

[@kb0cow]

Awesome video, thanks so much

[@JohnCBurzynski]

You make it look so easy. Nice video. Thanks!

[@onlyonestinger]

wow you are inspiring me! Im ready to get going

[@abisography]

Mater of light!!

[@TheGeocab]

This was a great video, thank you.

[@BelaMardia]

Excellent video ..please tell me about the use of flash light while painting .

[@RomelMaldonado]

This is very cool thank you

[@alvindu1711]

Great tutorial! Thank you!

[@philliplivingstone5336]

Awesome!

[@backwoodsmedia6865]

I'm looking to get a speed light and was wondering what you used?

[@michael_weliam_photography]

Big like, thank you

[@AmericanF.A.T.H.3.R]

Glad I found you.

[@RS-Amsterdam]

Nice, well done !

[@Jimmy_Cavallo]

💥 This is all so great and creative. The effects are really cool. 16:31 how did the light come out segmented like that.?? As if the flashlight was on strobe or something.

[@jacquelinemartin9793]

HI. So I went out last night to attempt my first ever portrait/light painting. It turned out okay, however Some of my images have large black shadows on one side. My set up was a hand held speedlight that I fired at my model ( I am think I was not quite at 45 degrees to the side and that is waht is causing my black outline?) and a light saber. any thoughts/suggestions/tips? Should I fire the flash at the end, or the beginning? At 45 degress, or straight on? Perhaps I was too close (in behind with the light saber? Or not close enough?) Love your video thank you very much

[@RealStevenStifler]

Cool! 😃 🙌 🎉 ✨

[@classicshankarshankar9959]

Hi very nice where to bought light painting gears give the link they round one and stick one

[@gm4sh]

How to pose so steady? With several examples in this video, I noticed that photo in 13.20 (minutes), the model is more blurry than the other photos. Need your tips and trick for the model.

[@mark1hancock]

Brilliant, thank you Susan I'm inspired to have a go at light painting. How did you put your camera in a slight strobe mode? I would like to try this with my Olympus, I always thought you needed to have a strobe effect on the torch.

[@BandH]

Your Olympus camera can be set to BULB mode to keep the shutter open as you fire your speedlight from the test fire button as shown at the 4:37 mark.

[@monkeyking8304]

How to get the face when doing light painting ? Do you have to use any flash to get the face or without the flash, only with the light tube, the face can be also visible ?

[@lawlessjff]

Where did you get the hula hoop from?

[@onlyonestinger]

So how do you keep the camera from NOT picking you up during shooting??? do you wear black??

[@Jwitherow1964]

I just got my hula hoop and my wife said what are you going to do with that, lol

[@pajzibntabvwj6167]

How do I do all that on my Samsung galaxy s22 ultra?

[@HDBnB1]

Do all cameras have the live comp feature? Sony a7iv

[@eddieteabagify]

No

[@Jwitherow1964]

Your the bomb 💥

[@onlyonestinger]

should you put camera in manual focus, then add some light to the model and focus. As long as she dont move out of focus, thats were I assume the higher f stop like f9

[@angelsepulveda9211]

This was awesome Susan. Can you apply these techniques to landscape at night or is it only portrait?

[@eddieteabagify]

Go for it. Photography is writing with light. Be creative!

[@werito82]

What’s the name of the waist pack?

[@BandH]

That is the combination of the Think Tank Photo Pro Speed Belt V3.0 and the Think Tank Photo Lens Changer 75 Pop Down V3.0. bhpho.to/3ScV1LU bhpho.to/3zeOAz8

[@Chad-Dion]

How does she avoid being in the shot , shes standing long enough to be in it