Star Circle Academy

Painting with FIRE (and other things)

June 15, 2012 · 7:15 PM
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LIABILITY WAIVER REQUIRED to attend. See below for how to return it.

Sunset is at 8:30pm we will meet at 7:30.

The event will end at approximately 11:00 PM.

Light painting is cool.

Painting with fire is even more so.

During this outing we will be doing both with a heavy leaning towards things that burn.

Part one: The class will start with a talk on the basics of light painting. We’ll cover the tools and methods you’ll need. Where the tools are custom built, we’ll show you how to make your own, and how to blend these tools with props to get the perfect image. We will talk about the ideal camera settings to have, what happens when you change the settings in your camera, and what not to do.

Part two: We will show a few example photos and discuss how to replicate those as an instructor lead tutorial.

Optional Part Three: Time for you to let your imagination run wild. If any member of the group has a specific photo they would like to replicate then this is moment we’ll all give it our best shot.

This field outing is for anyone that is interested in lighting painting, new to fire painting or wants to learn more about the art of light painting or wants to learn more about their camera and exposing at night.

Interested but want to see more visit the field outing leaders Flicker accounts: Andy Mozzer502 or Eric Harness

Things to bring:

Camera Tripod
Remote release
Lens UV filter (Highly recommended)
Water
Snacks
Gloves and Hat / Hoodie (for protection)
Dark clothing – nothing reflective. We don’t recommend fleece polyester nylon, or stuff that easily ignites
Optional: something to sit on
If you have a favorite light painting photo bring it we will try and recreate it.

We will provide all the fire you need.

We will reschedule in the event of rain. We'll press on if it is foggy.

Can I bring a Guest?

Guests are charged the same rate as attendees and must sign a waiver of liability as well.

Some examples:

To join the event, please download the Liability Waiver from here, fill it out (a witness is required), scan it and return it as instructed on the last page. If you don't have a scanner please bring a completed copy with you to the event.

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andy morris

Thanks for the heads-up Nataliya - I've always wanted a wooden clock!

0 · July 23
Nataliya Arditi

Amazing images!!! I think that some of them have a great opportunity to win this contest: http://www.viewbug.com/contests...

0 · July 23
andy morris

We're doing another one soon but it's already fully booked. There may be a third, but we've not yet discussed it. Sorry you missed it.

0 · July 8
Nataliya Arditi

Steven, I was out of Country for this event and missed it :-( . Is it possible to repeat it? The pictures are fantastic!!

0 · July 8
Meggi Raeder

It was a total fun evening. Eric and Andy did a fantastic job and gave us ample wonderful photo opps!! Awesome!

0 · June 22
andy morris

I think that's a very fine idea

0 · June 21
Walker

Great fun and good instruction, both Eric and Andy did a great job of demonstrating how we might duplicate their pyrotechnics

0 · June 19
Serisha Nagothu

Spectacular. I am enrolling to do again.

0 · June 17
Kartik Ramanathan

@ Andy : Can we try some reflections at a future event ?
@ Steven : Thanks for the link

0 · June 16
Steven Christenson

How Andy changed the color balance in a prior "fire shot" is here: http://photoshopscaresme.com/ne...

0 · June 16
Tyler Heibeck

Eric and Andy are very good instructors. I'm a lot closer to having the tools to start playing with this myself.

0 · June 16
Nikki D. Pritchett

Andy, Eric, and Steven were outstanding and very patient. All the fire painting the group wanted and more. They explained what setting to use and why. Everyone helped each other and the time raced by. Another wonderful outing and experience. Thank You.

0 · June 16
andy morris

Eric and I would like to thank you all for attending last night's fire painting class. We trust you all had fun. We're going to do more of these, and already know of somethings we'll do differently next time. Do you have an advice for us?
Enjoy you painting, be safe, and share the results.

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0 · June 16
Lynda Sanders

This was outstanding! Very creative effects, and very thoughtful set-ups.

0 · June 16
Kartik Ramanathan

Great meetup! Thanks Eric and Andy for organizing this.

0 · June 16
Eric Harness

Guests / non-photographers, photographers, any attendees will be required to sign a wavier and will Charged the same $35

0 · May 21, 2012