We’ve been working away at a few newish ideas for lighting landscapes. As it turns out the results are quite nice. They offer an entirely new way of looking at an object or landscape, with nearly absolute freedom to paint the land as you see fit.
As the sun dips below the horizon, a new canvas emerges. Welcome to the world of drone light painting, where creativity takes flight against the inky backdrop of the night sky.
Unlike traditional light painting, where photographers manually wield light sources, drone light painting elevates the process. By attaching high-intensity LED lights to a drone, photographers become aerial artists, creating luminous strokes across the darkness the drone becomes an extension of the photographer’s vision, allowing precise movements and intricate patterns.
Wrens Egg lit by a single drone.
From simple constructs like the Wren’s Egg above and the Tree below, to more complicated and involved composite images like the shot of Ballymacdermot Court Tomb at the bottom.
Drone lighting on a tree
All of these images were made by attaching lights to a drone and essentially painting with these attached lights. This technique offers the ability to capture a subject with a high degree of control over what bits get emphasised. More often these subjects are normally lit only by available light and are often subject to chance factors with weather.
Ballymacdermot Court Tomb
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