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"Painting" with Light, Exterior Shots with Impact
This shot was inspired by Carson Coots blog http://activerain.com/blogsview/105809/My-Real-Estate-Photo and Propertysnaps82's dusk shots over at the Flickr PFRE group.  This was my first shot at "painting with light" and I have to say, it was a blast! The idea is basically to use a long exposure (6-10 secs) and then use 500w Halogen work-lights to "paint" the light onto the subject.  In this photo I used two 500w work-lights to light the tree, the front of the home and the foreground as the shutter was open.  The lights inside the home all came from the existing fixtures with the exception of the two rooms, second story far left, and the first story room on the far right (you can see the light on the ground if you look closely).  It was necessary to place additional lighting in these rooms as the bulbs were either burned out or the light was very weak and did not produce the results I was looking for.  Had I had a few extra light bulbs with me, I shouldn't have needed the extra lights (instead I had five 500w halogen work lights with me... go figure.)  The White Balance was set to Tungsten which worked well with the halogens and ... more

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