About this limited edition photograph:

The light painted photograph “Twin Springs Lavatory” was created in Twin Springs Park in Decorah, Iowa.

To create this light painted photograph I placed my Canon T3i camera on a tripod and I used a long exposure of 1585 seconds. This is one of my longest camera exposures to date. I illuminated all of the mortar lines by placing a red colored gel filter in front of my mini flashlight and tracing out each mortar line by hand. This proved to be one of the most challenging light paintings that I have created because it was difficult to remember where you have been and where you need to go while tracing out the mortar lines. I had to focus intently to cover them all without missing any, and without covering a mortar line twice which would make it appear twice as bright. I created the red orbs by taping red LEDs to a hoola hoop and then spinning it in a full circle while holding it at an angle. Finally, I used a blue colored gel filter and a bright spotlight to cast light onto the trees in the background. 

This photograph came off my camera as-is, and involved zero post-processing or Photoshop.

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