Our presentation was by Jeremy Jackson of The Tacky Shack on painting with light.

• The world is the canvas, light is the medium
• Jeremy presented some historical painting with light.  1st was Manray in 1935.  Picasso and Eric Staller also did works.  There is a large gap where it was never taken up seriously.
• He gave us a demonstration of making a light ball — focus on a point on the ground and swing the light in a full circle
• Always try to use low ISO (100).  Preserves color and gives low noise
• Use F22 with a bright light to keep things in focus.  Focusing can be hard.
• Film does a better job
• Use bulb mode and a remote trigger so you can open/close the shutter while far away
• Demonstrated a LED RGB strip which can make neat effects
• Demonstrated a wheel with a small flashing LED strip attached.
• Demonstrated “the camera toss”
• Demonstrated a “fizzyogram” – swinging a light from the ceiling
• Visit the Flickr group Light Junkies
• Steel wool can be burned to make neat trails.  Stuff fine steel wool into a wisk at the end of a chain/rope.  Light and spin it.  Wear a hoodie!
• Jeremy will have a tent up at Floyd Fest

Upcoming Themes

• July – Backlighting
• Aug – Nature Fighting Back
• Sep – Painting with Light

Theme Winners

1. Mike Diersing – Luster’s Gate Sunrise
   
2. Mike Diersing – Horse Sunbeams
   Rebecca Heaton – Sunset
3. Joe Zhou – Sunset HDR
   Laurie Ashley – Beach Sunrise
   Tammy Hipp – Sunset

Open Winners

1. Rebecca Heaton – Feather
   
2. Laurie Ashley – Water Landscape
3. Charles Good – Crockery
   Joe Zhou – Waterfall/Bridge

Next Meeting is Moved:

The July meeting will be held Aug 10th