Tag: fire
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Hiking the ‘W circuit’ at Torres del Paine, Patagonia
TL;DR; We went for a walk. It was very nice. For 3 years we’ve been talking about hiking in Torres del Paine, with the sole purpose of capturing ‘that pic’. The reasons for not going sooner have been various but were led by the simple fact that we were intimidated by the idea of spending…
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“The Best Damn Vernal Falls Photo In The World”
There’s quotes around the title. That means someone said it. That means it’s true. Ego much? 🙂 This time of the year there’s very little water in Yosemite National Park. The snows have not yet settled. Last year’s Winter was mild. Everything is as dry as a bone. And of course, it spent the summer…
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Burning Jeep and the Milky Way at Crater Lake
Here’s our crazy idea. Let’s take a picture that’s never before been done. We’ll start with photographing the entire visible Milky Way, from the bit where it hits the Earth in the south, arcing all the way over to the bit where it hits the Earth in the north (bloody great example here ) .…
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America is burning
We know this isn’t a photo tip but we’re getting a lot of questions about our safety. The short answer is yes, we’re very very safe where we are. It looks like San Fran might have some power and water issues in its future but the right people are working on solving that. In the…
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Tutorial: making fire rain
This is beyond nuts. We don’t think we’ll be trying this one and recommend you don’t either. For the full details of how this is done, please check out Van Elder’s blog.
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Burning at the night garden
Our friends at the Star Circle Academy were kind enough to let us play with fire again. The trip to the beach was a hoot, as 15 or so new friends learned how to burn and spin steel wool & magnesium, how to use light painting to plant a night garden, and generally improved their…
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4 Days In Death Valley
[wzslider autoplay=”true”] We were delighted to be invited on a sleep depriving, dust breathing, 4 day shooting marathon in California’s Death Valley. This post documents the ordeal and showcases, what we’re sad to admit, are less than stellar photographs. Day 1. We arrive in Las Vegas as the light is fading. Not bothering with the…
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Tutorial: Burning the Jeep
With a friend heading in to town for the weekend, we started planning our most elaborate burn shot yet, we wanted to surround our Jeep with fire and smoke. The fire was the easy part, we’re getting quite good at that. We simply took the fire whip idea (tutorial here) and made a 9 foot…
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Tutorial: Making a Fire Whip
We do a lot of dangerous things here but this one is off the charts. So hurt yourself, and you can’t come running to us. This is all about you and your boundaries. Let us show you how we made a Fire Wand / Fire Whip. Strictly speaking it’s not a whip because you can’t…
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Fire Whipping
Some of you may recall that I announced a while back on Facebook that I’d made a fire whip. Why you wonder have I not used it? Well, it’s freakin’ dangerous that’s why. We’ll post a tutorial soon on how we made these pictures, but for now just feel the warmth. We had to go…
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Tutorial: Building the ‘Mega Light Wand 2000’ light painting tool
When you first get in to Cold Cathode light painting your ambitions will be small. You’ll be impressed when you’ve finally worked out how to take something that normally fits inside your souped-up computer and turned it in to something that works in an abandoned warehouse late at night. The kit usually contains at least…
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Fire Painting Class 101
I am delighted to announce that the Star Circle Academy was stupid enough to let me co-host another ‘light painting with fire’ event with Eric. We spent Friday night on the beach with a brace of fire lovers burning things and capturing the results in full color glory. Light painting is cool. Painting with fire…
