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..or just throw in the towel?

If you have been following along, or have received a K&B light painting card, you know K and I have been developing our light painting chops. We have been pretty happy with our progress.

Now, it seems, the bar has been set a little higher.

If you follow the link, you will find there is some speculation that there is a lot of "post production" in this ad. I hope not. ...or do I?




Strobist: Amazing Use of Off-Camera Light:
"Amazing Use of Off-Camera Light
This is not strobe, but it is some of the most creative use of off-camera lighting I have ever seen.

Last year, we ran a post about Pika-Pika, a group of Japanese performance artists who draw with light. They shoot still-camera time exposures of themselves drawing with flashlights, and animate the still frames to absolutely beautiful effect.

It appears as if Sprint has commissioned them to create a television commercial. I say 'appears' because I don't know for sure. If Sprint came to them to create the piece, I think that's just great. But if a bunch of Madison Avenue types just lifted the technique and recreated it for a commercial, eh, not so nice.

Anyway, check out the vid and watch how quickly you can get lost in a simple series of flashlight time exposures. Really neat concept, and brilliant execution."