Light Painting is a technique that selectively illuminates the subjects while the camera shutter remains open. A photographer paints night scene using light sources and coloured gels, like an artist paints canvas with paint. The exposure times vary from minutes to hours. During the exposure the earth rotates and forms star trails on the camera sensor; wind and water blur shapes and boundaries; things happen. The happenings and time are compressed into one single frame; the transfixed results are mysterious and hypnotizing.

My method of light painting is not minimalistic. I tried almost every light source imaginable, including tactical military lights, small table lights, strobes, and gargantuan torches AKA “Big Bertha”, aptly named after the military howitzer. I use an impressive array of sundry electronic gadgets that I built for my jollies. Additionally, I use assorted unorthodox gadgets that I amassed during the last decade.

I like experimenting with colours and built an impressive arsenal of filters. My palette consists of hundreds of different hues that offer a remarkable refinement of colours in my light painting.

I prefer subtle colours that convey mood and atmosphere; colours that complement and enhance night scene. I am yet to declare that I mastered an organic integration of my lights into the nightscape.

The exposure of the subject to each light depends on the number of the subjects, on the overall exposure and ambient light, on the camera parameters, on the intensity of the light torches and density of the gels (if used), and on the luminosity and colour of the painted subject. These are just the basic parameters that govern this sophisticated process.

My ambition is to move beyond mere illumination of the subjects and to venture into the world of staging a fantasy. At the end of the journey, I see myself orchestrating the entire landscape in the symphony of light.

It took me twelve years to polish my technique and I am now happy to move to the next stage and embark on the project with technical confidence that frees me to express my untamed conceptions.

My approach to light painting is unique: it is influenced by years of training in traditional Arts and particularly, by my oil painting.