Ever wondered how to shoot tube light-painting portraits with the Milky Way?
In this short tutorial, we share a few important elements to help you capture the magic of tube light painting and astrophotography in one frame. You’ll learn:
• How to compose your frame in the dark
• The best shutter speed for beautiful stars and sharp subjects in a single exposure
• Which tube colors work best with a cool night-sky white balance
Our lightpainting tubes: https://lightpainting.store
Our lightpainting tutorials: https://lightpainting.art/tutorials
**Timestamps**
00:00 Intro
00:13 1. Composition in the dark
00:20 Scouting + PhotoPills Night AR
00:23 1-second high-ISO test shot
00:30 Tip: Model facing toward the Milky Way
00:36 2. Technique adjustments
00:39 The 8-second sweet spot
00:46 Making the shape in 1–2 seconds
00:54 Model must stay perfectly still
00:58 3. Tube color
01:00 Why you need warmer tubes at night
01:11 White tubes look blue under cool WB
01:15 Best tube colors: Pinkish & Warmish
01:19 Black tube + Warmish / Rose-Bronze
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In this short tutorial, we share a few important elements to help you capture the magic of tube light painting and astrophotography in one frame. You’ll learn:
• How to compose your frame in the dark
• The best shutter speed for beautiful stars and sharp subjects in a single exposure
• Which tube colors work best with a cool night-sky white balance
Our lightpainting tubes: https://lightpainting.store
Our lightpainting tutorials: https://lightpainting.art/tutorials
**Timestamps**
00:00 Intro
00:13 1. Composition in the dark
00:20 Scouting + PhotoPills Night AR
00:23 1-second high-ISO test shot
00:30 Tip: Model facing toward the Milky Way
00:36 2. Technique adjustments
00:39 The 8-second sweet spot
00:46 Making the shape in 1–2 seconds
00:54 Model must stay perfectly still
00:58 3. Tube color
01:00 Why you need warmer tubes at night
01:11 White tubes look blue under cool WB
01:15 Best tube colors: Pinkish & Warmish
01:19 Black tube + Warmish / Rose-Bronze
--- Follow our journey on
https://ericpare.com/links
https://kimhenry.dance/links
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- Tutoriels Photographie
- Mots-clés
- lightpainting, diy, photography







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