Title: Along Came A Spider
Info: Nikon D7000, Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens. 1/40s, f/3.2, ISO 1250. Lit with porch light and backlit with my Energizer headlamp.
Photography: Ken Lee
Location: deep within the forests of Los Angeles, California.

Difficult shot because the web was swaying and it was dark.

General information about this page:
Light painting photography is a very creative, active sort of photography, essentially a performance.

While keeping the shutter of the camera open for a long time, I typically used two light sources to "paint" a source, whether a spider or a gnome or other subject. One was a headlamp, which I primarily used to illuminate the subject. The other was electrolumininescent wire, or EL wire, a thin copper wire coated in a phosphor which glows when an alternating current is applied to it. I had a blue and red colored wire, which I used to create the mystical glow around the subject.

Title: Astronomy Gnomine
Info: Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens. 30 second exposure, f/9, ISO 100.
Photographer: Ken Lee
Location: deep in the forest of Los Angeles, CA USA.

Title: Mystical Gnomad
Info: Nikon D7000 and Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens. 136 second exposure, f/18, ISO 200. Light painted with an Energizer headlamp and blue electroluminescent wire. 7 October 2012.
Photography: Ken Lee
Location: deep within the mystical forests of Los Angeles, where the gnomes gather

Title: Forest Buddha
Info: Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens. 30 second exposure, f/9, ISO 100.
Photographer: Ken Lee
Location: deep in the forest of Los Angeles, CA USA.

Title: Golden Nat of Burma
Info: Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens. 30 second exposure, f/9, ISO 100. Light painted with an Energizer headlamp and blue electroluminescent wire. 7 October 2012. Very little Photoshop done here.
Photographer: Ken Lee
Location: deep in the forest of Los Angeles, CA USA.

Nats are spirits worshipped in Burma (or Myanmar) and have blended with Buddhism. They are divided between the 37 Great Nats and all the rest (i.e., spirits of trees, water, etc.). The most important nat pilgrimage site in Burma is Mount Popa, an extinct volcano with numerous temples and relic sites atop a mountain 1300 meters in altitude, located near Bagan in central Burma.

Nats have human characteristics, wants, and needs. They are flawed, having desires considered derogatory and immoral in mainstream Buddhism.

Title: On the Edge of Nirvana
Info: Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens. 30 second exposure, f/9, ISO 100.
Photographer: Ken Lee
Location: deep in the forests of Los Angeles, CA USA.

Title: Comfortably Gnome
Info: Nikon D7000 and Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens. 257 second exposure, f/16, ISO 200. Light painted with an Energizer headlamp and blue electroluminescent wire. 7 October 2012. Very little Photoshop done here.
Photography: Ken Lee
Location: deep within the mystical forests of Los Angeles

Title: No Place Like Gnome
Info: Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens. ISO 1600 (mistake), f/11, 62 seconds. Light painting by Lisa using an Energizer headlamp and blue electroluminescent wire. Holding still for 62 seconds is quite a challenge!
Photography: Ken Lee
Location: Deep in the mystical forest of Los Angeles.

At long last, Halloween is here.