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Posted: **Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:44 pm**

hi

i've been collecting all manner of lights from led's to flurros and making custom rigs up to finally create some visual alchemy
I require a group of like minded visual alchemists to help me with a project in december

all we need is a piece of string and a sense of adventure

see here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24491005@N06/sets/72157617336774271/

if experiments are successful im going to develop it further into more more interesting projects who ever is on board will enjoy the ride and reak the benefits.

interested parties reply in this thread

Posted: **Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:53 pm**

I am in.

My first EL (green, 2.3, 1.5m) is on it's way from HK.

I really want to learn and experiment on how to integrate these into general lightpainting.

Posted: **Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:30 pm**

great
your initiated
i'll be in contact

Posted: **Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:24 am**

Cathy (chica on here) and in Adelaide, but would be interested in maybe coming over some time in December - it sounds interesting - and your photos speak volumes

Cheers
Tom

Posted: **Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:38 am**

I really want to learn and experiment

lol suren good timing eh, we were just talking about this kind of light painting the other morning!

Wendell I am sure you will stack loads of people keen to turn up :wink:

I am keen, even if its just to tag along and have a look....

Suren, are these the EL lights you are getting? I got a few of these unused at home from previous computer pimping jobs...

Posted: **Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:39 am**

I'm interested :up:

Posted: **Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:52 pm**

biggerry wrote:Suren, are these the EL lights you are getting? I got a few of these unused at home from previous computer pimping jobs...

Yep!!
I didn't know they used these for computing. :idea:

what you need is a portable power supply. The ebay ones I got seem to operate on 2XAA batteries; but probably not for long. :wink:

I have ordered green. [My intentions were to have a color that's different to the rest of the scene so I can select> color range and Whalla > any color I want. :mrgreen:

] The ideal color would have been pink but they only had 5m lengths which I thought would be tad too long.

Posted: **Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:11 pm**

This looks interesting Wendell.
I am in the same boat as Gerry and would be happy to swing some lights as well.

Posted: **Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:11 pm**

Me too if there is room. Some of those images look great.

Posted: **Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:15 pm**

Definitely interested....I currently have a Wolfeyes Defender 260...and a bunch of Maglite Solitares...no colours unfortunately....does this mean I cant come?

Posted: **Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:59 pm**

aim54x wrote:does this mean I cant come?

wendellt wrote:all we need is a piece of string and a sense of adventure

Patience, grasshopper. :mrgreen:

You'd better source some string. pronto. :mrgreen:

Posted: **Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:18 pm**

I have an awesome group here thanks guys
How does the night of december 15th sound tentative

How does the city sound darling harbour

Posted: **Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:21 am**

wendellt wrote:I have an awesome group here thanks guys
How does the night of december 15th sound tentative

How does the city sound darling harbour

Both good for me :up:

Posted: **Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:16 pm**

Count me in.

Posted: **Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:52 am**

Check this out for more inside info...

http://www.diyphotography.net/light-painting-creating-the-orb?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Diyphotographynet+%28DIYPhotography.net+-+Photography+and+Studio+Lighting%29

Posted: **Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:22 pm**

surenj wrote:I am in.

My first EL (green, 2.3, 1.5m) is on it's way from HK.

I really want to learn and experiment on how to integrate these into general lightpainting.

I am in too, surenj can you link me to when you got your EL?

Posted: **Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:54 pm**

whitey wrote:I am in too, surenj can you link me to when you got your EL?

I assume you mean WHERE I ordered my EL wire?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/EL-Wire-Glow-In-Neon-Light-Rope-Computer-Car-Clothes-G_W0QQitemZ280425590255QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Car_Parts_Accessories?hash=item414aaaedef

If you search ebay for "EL wire", you get plenty of results.

Posted: **Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:54 pm**

Thanks, was trying to find some locally. Might have to ebay though, last place to check tomorrow is Jaycar.

surenj wrote:
whitey wrote:I am in too, surenj can you link me to when you got your EL?

I assume you mean WHERE I ordered my EL wire?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/EL-Wire-Glow-In-Neon-Light-Rope-Computer-Car-Clothes-G_W0QQitemZ280425590255QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Car_Parts_Accessories?hash=item414aaaedef

If you search ebay for "EL wire", you get plenty of results.

Posted: **Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:21 am**

I think there was an Australian website selling high quality ones. I can't remember where.

Posted: **Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:57 pm**

I am hoping to be good for this date. :mrgreen:

Posted: **Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:01 pm**

What time are we meeting?

Since it's a weeknight, I can make it around 7pm at the earliest. [Even 7pm has a little bit of twilight these days]

Posted: **Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:21 pm**

Count me in!

Posted: **Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:25 pm**

For the people attending the Christmas function, this would be a good re-catchup.

Posted: **Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:56 pm**

hi guys

o.k december 20th at night how does that sound
everyione needs to bring their lights and a piece of string strong enough to tie the light(s) at one end for a concentric waving pattern(you)

i need a clean black background so i think darling harbour is too messy as a backdrop anyone got any ideas preferrably a park maybe centenial park

i don't drink beer but ill bring the beer, more for everyone else

Posted: **Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:04 pm**

o.k december 20th at night how does that sound

thats a sunday right - I can prolly work with that.

maybe centenial park

closes at dusk from memory. Sydney park (St Peters) might be an option, plenty of hills and few lights...

Posted: **Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:01 pm**

how about at bondi beach the section between bondi and tamarama looking out to the ocean

Posted: **Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:03 pm**

wendellt wrote:how about at bondi beach the section between bondi and tamarama looking out to the ocean

Could be good, but a tad dangerous?

Posted: **Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:05 pm**

I am ok for 20th.

biggerry wrote:Sydney park (St Peters) might be an option, plenty of hills and few lights...

Gerry, This area doesn't make me comfortable esp in the dark. I reckon there could be druggies lurking this park at night. What do the others think?

How about the beaches? We could pretty much pick any beach??

Posted: **Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:15 pm**

Geoff wrote: wendellt wrote:how about at bondi beach the section between bondi and tamarama looking out to the ocean

Could be good, but a tad dangerous?
wendellt wrote:how about at bondi beach the section between bondi and tamarama looking out to the ocean

Could be good, but a tad dangerous?

During the sculptures on the sea festival there were plenty of people around this area. But then, now, this may be a different issue. I would feel more secure here than any inner city park though. That includes Centennial park at night.

Posted: **Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:21 am**

Gerry, This area doesn't make me comfortable esp in the dark

Whilst I give no guarantees, this park is not too bad, there are alot of apartment complexs around the park now which results in lots of people walking dogs and running/riding into all hours. I go there fairly often, the last time being with the push bike, in this case there was half a dozen runners whilst I was on top of the hill. This place has changed alot in the last 5 years!

In any case, any place at night where it is dark will pose a possible hazard - the only thing we do have going for us is that it should be a decent sized group.

Posted: **Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:30 pm**

biggerry wrote:In any case, any place at night where it is dark will pose a possible hazard - the only thing we do have going for us is that it should be a decent sized group.

Agreed! We just need to take necessary precautions and be in a large group.

Earlier I was thinking about this and it maybe an idea to keep the meeting place among the attendees and potentially interested parties and not on a public forum. We can always PM or email each other. thoughts?

Posted: **Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:05 pm**

Or you could all come up the hill a little where there are no worries in the dark apart from the odd drop bear. :mrgreen:

We also have some great backdrops up here.
20th may be a bummer for me as I think the boss has us booked elsewhere.

Posted: **Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:18 pm**

colin_12 wrote:Or you could all come up the hill a little where there are no worries in the dark apart from the odd drop bear

If I was that way inclined and wanted to collect a booty of several D700s, a few D3s and an old 350D, I would be happy to drive to middle of Hazelbrook. No one will hear the screams. :mrgreen:

Fortunately I am not a nikon kinda guy. :chook:

Posted: **Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:14 pm**

hi guys

have we decided on a location and date yet

worse case scenario we can end up back at darling harbour tumbalong park has some lightsto deter riff raff
or how about the park under the harbour bridge the rocks side

im flexible with dates if some cant make the 20th

Posted: **Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:47 pm**

I am locked on 20th. I am kinda flexible but need to know at leat a week in advance.

Posted: **Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:03 pm**

depending on the time....I should be able to come for the 20th...will be coming after work (in macarthur)

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:41 am**

Time will be after sunset... Around 8pm? Wendell, is that what you are thinking?

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:44 am**

I'm good for the 20th

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:59 am**

I am kinda flexible but need to know at leat a week in advance.

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:47 pm**

Just warming up for this one

gonna need more lights and lots of different colours i reckon...

could not resist...

Posted: **Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:48 pm**

Hey Gerry, if you shoot your signature in isolation on a plain black background similar to the one in the last shot, it would make a great copywright watermark.

Posted: **Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:18 pm**

isolation on a plain black background similar to the one in the last shot, it would make a great copywright watermark.

if I could spell it correctly in reverse it would be a neat idea :cough:

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:07 pm**

What about if you had something that offset the light to one side? You may have to support it with your other hand as well but it might be possible. Then you could face away from the camera and write the correct way but the light would still be visible.

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:22 pm**

biggerry wrote:Just warming up for this one

Ha! nice dedication towards enlightenment Gerry. :twisted:

Wink wrote:What about if you had something that offset the light to one side?

This is a smart and feasible idea. I will check it out soonish... I have some more ideas for lightpainting.... :cheers:

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:17 pm**

nice one
its great to see you really getting into this you also kind of worked out the circle motion

has everyone decided on a location tumbalong park in darling harbour is probably the safest
let get this nutted out soon

best

Wendell

Posted: **Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:27 pm**

light painting info.... using a Cold Cathode

http://www.diyphotography.net/create-wo ... ld-cathode

hope this is useful

Posted: **Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:43 pm**

Keith, thanks for the cold cathode info! Very useful.

Posted: **Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:28 pm**

towards enlightenment Gerry.

nope, i leave that for monday nights at Yoga... :rotfl2:

something that offset the light to one side?

now thats a smart cookie... :up:

kind of worked out the circle motion

to get the perfect orbs is gonna take some practice if your only using a string and a LED. I would also suggest having some weight on the end to get a consistent trajectory when spinning it around..

Pole twirlers or fire twirlers would be the go for this, fixed lengths and you can get the same diameter for each revolution of the light...

Posted: **Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:13 pm**

kind of worked out the circle motion

to get the perfect orbs is gonna take some practice if your only using a string and a LED. I would also suggest having some weight on the end to get a consistent trajectory when spinning it around..

Pole twirlers or fire twirlers would be the go for this, fixed lengths and you can get the same diameter for each revolution of the light...[/quote]

I have done a bit of fire twirling whilst spending time with the SU Circus Society....I can do some basic staff movements but I think your more after Poi.

Posted: **Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:27 pm**

This date has not been on my diary. I hope that it's confirmed. Wendell?

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