Brent Pearson: Night Photography & Light Painting
Brent Pearson is a friend of mine and also one of my favorite night photographers. He is constantly pushing his own boundaries - and thankfully for the rest of us, meticulously documenting the process! His blog is full of interesting tidbits from his night photography and light painting experiments, and he is very candid about his processes.
I was excited, then, to get my hands on a pre-release copy of his new eBook, Night Photography & Light Painting. This is a fantastic resource for new night photographers and old hands alike. I definitely learned some new tricks to try out. The eBook has 86 pages of Brent’s amassed knowledge of shooting at night, from equipment to scouting locations to post processing.... If you’re interested in light painting there are detailed instructions on how to build your own killer lighting contraptions. Brent also includes a large number of before and after photos, showing the steps that go into a multiple exposure light painting image.
Full disclosure: Brent included a few of my images in the introductory section of the book, which was very nice of him, but totally incidental to the rest of the book. It’s so full of useful info I suggest you go over and buy this book if you are at all interested in pushing your night photography forward!
