Rodney Campbell's Blog

Orbit

NIKON Z6_3 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 14 mm, 25 sec at f/8, ISO 100

AOAM RGB Critter BT (Solid Colour:Blue Preset) + Modular Saber 24″/61cm + Butterfly Modular Saber 8″/20cm + Honeycomb Modular Saber 8″/20cm + Orb Accessory

This image was the first test precursor to the one Gerry posted earlier. I actually like how the sparkler ball zooms out of the image as it’s thrown

For the disc of light behind Gerry I’ve attached a suite of tools to the RGB Critter to give it enough length to create a decent sized disc. Then I’m just rotating the length of the stick behind him (the torch itself is approx in the middle of his back)

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

Light Flow

NIKON Z6_3 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 14 mm, 183 sec at f/8, ISO 100

AOAM RGB Critter BT + Modular Saber 24″/61cm + Butterfly Modular Saber 8″/20cm + Honeycomb Modular Saber 8″/20cm

AOAM RGB Critter 2.0 + Modular Saber 8″/20cm (Solid Blue Preset)

For this image Gerry and I used both my older original RGB Critter (the non bluetooth/app enabled torch) plus the new one. I did the pretty basic attempt at a light plant with frankly too many sabers attached :), whilst Gerry used the short saber on a solid blue preset for the ground work

Alas controlling the brightness (and pretty much choosing the preset to use) is frankly a nightmare with the original critter (the convoluted button press sequence and timing required is not pleasant to use – we couldn’t even successfully get into the brightness setting so this is the default 100% for the blue on the ground which is alas too bright and we knew it). The new RGB Critter BT however with it’s app control is a godsend 🙂 and actually makes the tooling user friendly, quick and usable in the field 🙂

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

Dreamy

NIKON Z6_3 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 14 mm, 85 sec at f/8, ISO 100

AOAM RGB Critter BT (Strobe:Amethyst-Monochromatic Preset) + Modular Saber 24″/61cm + Fiber Optic Duster (White)

An outing with Gerry to test some new light painting equipment I gifted myself for Christmas 🙂

I’d ordered myself some new light painting gear from Ants on a Melon – including their new RGB Critter BT (a very cool RGB flashlight) along with a heap of attachments (including 4 different sabers, 4 light blades, two fiber optic dusters, an orb accessory, acrylic write, illuminator and a few other accessories)

After many attempts during the evening we have discovered that there is some real technique to using the tools – which we definitely havn’t discovered or perfected yet 🙂

More to come …

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.