I bought some glowsticks (there's a sentence I thought I'd never type), to try them out for light painting, but they're not bright enough to be any good really - you have to move them very slowly, they don't even register if you move them fast. Just in case anyone was wondering...
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Good to experiment. How about starting a list of the weird stuff bought for photography?!
I quite like the effect, I've used glow sticks in some lowlight long exposures but only stationary. Have had some light trails from them when some people walked through holding a few during a long exposure I was taking of a bridge (completely randomly not planned). Maybe depends on type or how long they are active for.
Out of interest were these the thin bendy type you can do bracelets with or the chunky hard ones?
@lizhammond This one was thicker than the bracelet type ones (I got some of those in the pack too!), but only about 3 inches long, I'm pretty sure there are probably brighter ones available, but I might try some kind of battery operated LED lights next as they're nice and bright :)
Oh LEDs are wicked, but a much sharper light. If you have one of those tiny Maglight torches they have a candle mode which I think has a nice light. In past have cannibalised some of those light up LED balloons & also you can sometimes get 'finger torches' which are quite fun. However today saw an interesting video where they used an LED strip and battery power/controller. I've been resisting the urge to google for prices all day. This maybe my breakpoint... have fun will look forward to seeing more of your experiments.
@lizhammond The green light I used in my two previous uploads was improvised by binding all the lights on a small set of led fairylights together with an elastic band lol. I had some led poi, but I can't find them and I'm trying to resist the urge to buy more...
I quite like the effect, I've used glow sticks in some lowlight long exposures but only stationary. Have had some light trails from them when some people walked through holding a few during a long exposure I was taking of a bridge (completely randomly not planned). Maybe depends on type or how long they are active for.
Out of interest were these the thin bendy type you can do bracelets with or the chunky hard ones?