Up until now, my light paintings have been shaky or very small. That all changed when I bought a remote trigger from Amazon (for around $5 with shipping!). I’ll give more information about this little device on this in another post, but for now, here are my results:
jCOPRO.NET logo, of course this had to be first. As you can see, there is a shadow behind it that I plan on minimizing by either some shrink wrap around the LED, or maybe some a black background around the light. Either way, there is still some room for improvement. The second one, is a Clemson Tigers logo:
I was quite happy with how the paw details turned out considering my “Y-axis” canvas was only 2″ high (see my other posts for a better explanation). The third CNC light painting was from a video game that anyone should recognize, Pacman!
I was extremely pleased with these results (see my first light-painting post for a comparison), but there is still more to be done! First, the artifacts need to be eliminated as discussed earlier. Secondly, I’m getting a full “F8″ lead screw set for my router soon (I have one on the X-axis as shown here). This should make things much faster, so I can control the lighting better. I’ve also got an idea of how to change the colors mid-photo, but I’ll have to work out exactly how to do that.
Finally, I’ve been thinking about ways to superimpose some sort of background, possibly using a double-exposure technique. I have no idea how to do this, but then again I had no idea how to make a CNC router a year ago. Be sure to check back, you never know what tomorrow brings for jcopro.net!
Very interesting technique for taking pictures. I’m looking forward to seeing some even more evolved designs – Multiple lights, colors, 3D!
Thanks! I’ve meant to do more of this stuff, and hopefully I will, but it seems there’s always some other interesting project to work on! Glad you liked it!