Bored? Try Light Painting

After reading an article in Digital Camera Magazine (Malaysia Mar12 Edition I think), I decided to give Light Painting a try. I went to hardware store to buy a colored LED light, which ended up way too bright - so I used a normal laser pointer (the one used for presentations).

1.Here's what needed:
a.Tripod
b.Camera (d'uh)
c.Remote Trigger (or set camera on timer)
d.Laser Pointer
e.Really dark room (ideally with black out curtains)
f.Object to "paint"

2.There's a bit of trial and error, but here's what I did
a.ISO to Native ISO (in my case 200. Could be 100 as well, I guess).
b.Aperture to F16
c.Shutter speed set to bulb mode
d.Press the trigger
e.Use laser pointer to draw outline of the object - or what ever effect you want.
f.Press the trigger to end the exposure (in my case was 53 seconds).

Here's the best of a few tries. It's a pair of my son's football boots, put on my marble floor (hence the reflection). Well, it was fun trying something new, so I'm happy to share.

Have fun shooting!