Talk:Light painting

Okay, there's some more modifications that can be made...

There are a number of photographers who are really hardcore into this technique. I am one of them, so I'm really not sure I can do the listing justice without falling out of NPOV.

One starting point is this blog entry.

--Wirehead 17:08, 11 November 2006 (UTC) / wireheadarts.com

Artists?

Can anyone start a list of professional artists who use this technique? Of course, I mean fine art photographers, people who would have entries on Wikipedia. 76.100.175.5 (talk) 03:32, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Another unusual aspect of 'Light painting'

I wish to add to this page but I do not really know how to! Please can someone help add the following: - 06:22, 23 May 2010 (UTC)John N. Cohen (talk) There is another unusual aspect of 'Light painting' that is referred to as 'Painting with Light'. This technique involves projecting transparencies but not always on to a screen!

The first time The London Trophy for artistic photography was ever awarded for a colour photograph was in 1967 for a photograph by John N. Cohen titled 'Spirit of Spring' that consisted of a colour portrait blended with a colour negative of a tulip, created by photographing these projected images. This was the first time a negative and a positive image appeared on the same emulsion. Other top award winning pictures were also created where a portrait was projected on to a butterfly wing, a feather, a shell, or on to textured fabric (not always flat). This way the projected image is then photographed so that the screen becomes part of the subject.

John N. Cohen (talk) 10:22, 21 May 2010 (UTC) 83.79.182.209 (talk) 14:42, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to wikipedia, if you want to add this bit of information just find a reference where the award is mentioned. The paragraph is good enough as is, but you need a reference for the facts you present.--Thorseth (talk) 12:20, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

John N. Cohen (talk) 18:08, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Another unusual aspect of 'Light painting'

There is another unusual aspect of 'Light painting' that is referred to as 'Painting with Light'. This technique involves projecting transparencies but not always on to a screen!

The first time The London Trophy for artistic photography was ever awarded for a colour photograph was in 1967 for a photograph by John N. Cohen titled 'Spirit of Spring' that consisted of a colour portrait blended with a colour negative of a tulip, created by photographing these projected images. This was the first time a negative and a positive image appeared on the same emulsion. Other top award winning pictures were also created where a portrait was projected on to a butterfly wing, a feather, a shell, or on to textured fabric (not always flat). This way the projected image is then photographed so that the screen becomes part of the subject.

John N. Cohen (talk) 19:11, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

My link has been removed again!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_painting

The link I placed on the title 'Spirit of Spring' was to http://www.jncohen.net/Spirit_of_Spring.htmJohn N. Cohen (talk) 10:41, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

To explain I own the copyright to 'Spirit of Spring' and other 'Painting with Light' pictures that are so very different in content and technique to the other pictures shown. I am not prepared to release the copyright but I would like readers to be able to see some of these examples. I also have a section on my own web that is free to the public and it fully describes how anyone can do this too. So I included a link to that section (in the page I linked to). Perhaps that is the reason that my links have been removed.

I would really value some help as I am not too familiar with all these rules imposed by wikipedia (although I am sure they are essential). But is there any way for readers of this entry to see what I believe is both relevant and likely to be of interest?

John N. Cohen (talk) 10:41, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

• Hi John, please have a look at WP:LINKFARM. You ask how people can see your work - posting it on your website is the most appropriate way to achieve that, as you've done. If your goal is to use Wiki as a way of driving traffic to your site, please bear in mind that Wiki is an encyclopedia - not a repository of links. You can imagine that if everyone used Wiki to drive traffic to their sites, soon all the articles would be nothing but pages of links. You think that you have "something different in content and technique," and, presumably, of great interest to encyclopedia readers. OK, but, perhaps, you are not the most independent judge of that question. Rather that repeatedly inserting your link, the best approach (as you have taken now, thanks) is to post your info on the talk page and see if other editors agree, and then allow an independent editor to place the link. TheMindsEye (talk) 15:57, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

OK Thanks for your information - I will leave it as is and see what happens.John N. Cohen (talk) 16:53, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

This section is strangely worded, spammy, and gives off a creepy vibe. Why is this self-promotional stuff in the article? 70.74.188.103 (talk) 17:26, 8 February 2011 (UTC)