We were coming home from a family birthday party last night and I didn’t drive. That gave me a chance to try a reverse light painting technique with my little Nikon Coolpix 3100.
I sat in the passenger’s seat and shot out of the front window. We were taking I-75 North from Grosse Ile, passing through the heart of industrialized Detroit.
In normal light painting, the camera is stationary and the shutter is kept open while the light source moves. What I did is kind of a reverse light painting and works well at night. Take your camera (a cheap point and shoot works really well), press down on the shutter release, wiggle the camera a little bit, then point the camera to an area of complete dark and wait for your camera to complete the exposure.
I processed the shots in Lightroom. It’s a cool technique and is fun to play with. You never know what you’re going to get as a final image. There’s a few more here: https://stefanstudios84.wordpress.com/freeway-abstractions/
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