29 March 2009

Writing with light

Yesterday I had a somewhat funky assignment. As some of you may be aware, it was Earth Hour, where lights on famous landmark buildings were switched off for an hour in the evening. My brief was to photograph Buckingham Palace with the lights out, and then get creative with some lights of my own.

I was lucky to have a patient and keen assistant on the evening, and eventually we worked out a rough time/aperture combination that would allow the shutter to stay open long enough for me to draw the words 'London' and 'Earthhour' into the picture. For that, I was dressed in black, and held a bright LED-torchlight towards the exposing camera. The result you can see below.

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