When talking about light painting, usually we will be
reminded to photographic technique that's armed with slow shutter setting in
the dimly space, either by moving the light source or camera. Some inventors
try to translate this idea through various creations, but the creations of
these two artists can be said as the next leap in the light painting technique.
Ekaggrat Singh Kalsi and Daniel Canogar, these two inventors
present unique method in light painting through two different ways. Ekaggrat
Singh Kalsi replies the challenge by using 3D printing technology. While Daniel
Canogar uses a more conventional technique, he utilizes LED tiles to produce
stunning images.
Let's start from the work of Daniel Canogar first. His
latest project is named Reel. Together with his team, Canogar compiles some LED
boards in the curved and spiral fields. The size is very large; it's placed
hanging on the ceiling of a building. Of course the content and play of lights
are important aspects in creating an optical illusion. Earlier, Daniel asked
volunteers to move on the green screen and record them.
The Reel project actually was started five years ago. Daniel
Canogar's work was hanging in the Europen Union Council in Brussels, displayed
at the Canal de Isabel II Madrid, then at 2 Houston Center, and also at the American
Museum of Natural History - the latest work of Canogar looks very beautiful
because the light is projected onto cables in order to look like the brain
neural network. You can see the Canogar's invention in the following video:
Armed with basic knowledge of 3D printing and hologram concept, Ekaggrat Singh Kalsi replaces the print filaments with LED lights, and then records them using the camera on long exposure setup. During the past year, Kalsi worked hard to modify this light printer to be able to print in full color.
Kalsi tethers RGB LED lights into micro platform in his 3DR
machine. Furthermore, he sets the camera to be able to operate (start and stop)
automatically, so that Kalsi doesn't need to press the shutter button. And by
utilizing Opto Isolator, he puts a pin Ramp at shutter, making it possible to
scan and print his daughter's face in 3D via lights.
You can see the work of Ekaggrat Singh Kalsi in the video
below: