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Light graffiti, also known as light painting, which takes what you think you know about graffiti and turns it to a new form of art. This ephemeral approach to art and expression uses the movement of light to create incredible images and is created on the streets, in nature, and in studios by artists whose creative impulses transcend traditional media. Unlike projection bombing, light graffiti is sometimes produced as performance art, and sometimes just to capture it with photography and video, but either way it makes for some incredible viewing.
The newest trend in graffiti art is simple, unique and leaves no mess or trace at all behind. Light graffiti is made from different types of light sources and time-lapse photography and allows artists to create things they would never be able to draw in a style they would never be able to with just spray-paint. And there is no vandalism involved.
In order to make light graffiti all you need is an assortment of lights, such as flashlights, biking lights, glow sticks, blinking LED lights and anything else that works with batteries. You can also use lights that plug in, but then you are limited to where you can go and don't have the mobility of battery powered lights. Fireworks and torches also work well.It is very simple to get started with light graffiti, and requires relatively inexpensive equipment, which you're likely to already have around the house. Different light sources give you different colors of graffiti. Glow sticks can be used to give variety of color, xenon gives you warm golden lights, cathode tubes give you thick lines and LED gives you thin precise lines. Experiment with different lights and reflecting lights off things to see what results you like best.
For the best results you should use a tripod when taking pictures. The exposure on your camera should be set at somewhere between 10 and 30 seconds, but can be as long as you need to get the effect you want. Set the camera to iso100 and close the aperture as much as you can. By standing in front of the camera and moving around a lot while creating their art, light graffiti artists become nothing more than just a ghost like blur, if they are even caught at all on the film. Wherever the light is moved a streak of light is created that will show up in the photo later. Artists write words, draw cartoons, turn various objects into monsters and much more. All using nothing more than light. Anything, person or place can become part of light graffiti, because it only takes a minute. The artist can choose to let himself be seen in the photo and interact with his art instead of staying hidden, or can use other people.
Light graffiti might not have the same physical presence of conventional graffiti but is similar to tagging something and having it be removed the next day. It is only there in photos. A big difference is that no one complains about light graffiti because no one knows it existed. Once the light has faded only the people who see the photos will know it was ever there.
 
Light graffiti photography is the newest craze to hit both professional and amateur photographs today. It is a method that nearly anyone can do, with nearly any camera, and it makes an awesome effect that is unlike any other in photography. Light graffiti is the term coined for the art, as it allows the photographer to 'draw' on surfaces that otherwise could not be touched. This is done with a light source, and is visible only on the picture, making it truly unique.
Light Graffiti has come to fame over the last couple of years and there are quite a bit of amazing works to show on the internet demonstrating what can be achieved.

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