Light Painting Silhouette & Negative Space Tutorial
Negative Space Light Painting Portrait Tutorial
In this Light Painting Photography Tutorial, learn how to create a Light Painting silhouette and fill the negative space in a single exposure.
Discover how to create an intriguing Light Painting by first forming a clean silhouette of a model, then using that negative space as a canvas to introduce new light, all within one exposure. This technique creates a layered image with strong shape, depth, and visual energy.
In this tutorial, Jason D. Page guides light to define the outer form of the subject, creating a bold visual boundary. Once that shape exists, the camera continues to record as the model is reframed and new light is introduced within the silhouette, revealing a second layer of form, movement, and expression, all in one single exposure.
Camera Settings
ISO 100 – f/6.1 – Bulb Mode
Light Painting Tools Used
The Light Painting Tools used in this tutorial were:
The flashlight used for this Light Painting was the Soonfire MX65 .
Watch the Tutorial Video
More Light Painting Portraits from This Shoot
Here are a few more Light Painting portraits created during this session.
