Fragments
Testing the new strobe flash that Aurora Crowley introduced me too, the Metz Megablitz. First I did some self portraits outside. After I tested indoors with Sandra Berube a performer and fire dancer. strobe from Metz.
MORA – By Dominic Besner and the MX Gallery
For the live show Mora, I was asked by the MX Gallery to light paint the characters just before they went on stage. The challenge I had was to work quickly, each individual session was only between 5 and 10 minutes. Usually I take three hours to light paint. I said yes to the project...
IMAGINATION – What do you see?
IMAGINATION, like a game, is about the first thing that comes to your mind when you look at these images. Just like looking at clouds or ink spots and seeing a land scape or an animals in them. The title I gave is the first thing that came through my mind when I looked at it. This...
PBS – Light Painting Interview
This was shot last June while I was in New York for the workshop with Aurora Crowley. Light Painting has been growing significantly for the last decade, now PBS a main stream media channel is talking about our unique form of art. This is an honor and a victory vor all the light painters out...
SUPERNOVAE – Fashion Through the Eye of Light
Link to the Youtube version: http://youtu.be/nl8diNojT70 This is a collaborative multimedia fashion shoot. It started as a fashion shoot between make up artist Nathalie Dodon and I. We were supposed to do what we call a test shoot. The idea was to do a commercial version of light painting for a fashion client my agency and...
Light Painting Sculpture – Four dimensional art
I used my skills as a light painter to work on the idea of a light sculpture. I almost want to say a kinetic light sculpture because of the look and the feeling it gives, but in reality these are all movements done by hand in a studio on a black background with the new...
LIGHT PAINTING MANIFESTO
I now declare Light Painting as form of art. It is the art of moving light and mixture painting and photography. This art is a new way to express and explore the inner and the unseen. From now on, it is a form of art here, for all of us to enjoy. Light Painting is...
Nude Light Painting
This is a new series I started in 2010. For about 7 years, in the back of my mind, I’ve been searching for the idea, the style, the essence, the direction. Last year after building new tools, I realised they were perfect for the Naked Light Painting series. The idea is to create a world where...
Asa for Michael Buble
This was a new kind of job. The guys at Geodezik asked me to make a shoot for the live visuals on the Michael Buble tour. It’s inspired by the painting of Tamara de Lempicka. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_de_Lempicka For this shoot I used Photoshop to create the blurs and to heighten the contrast so I can get the mood we...
Honda Airwave Modulo, Japan 2007
This project was done for a web campaign for a division of Honda. We took three days of shooting in a car studio shooting photo and video with light painting. This was used for a web interactive video, wall paper and screen savers on the Honda website. In collaboration with Unicon AD: http://www.unicon-ad.jp/
Sport shoes – Testing
For a while I’ve been thinking of shooting sports items and a sport concept with light energy using light painting. So I started doing some tests with the help Victorine Yokthot and Sylvain Lavoie. Sylvain built a black metal rack to hold up the shoe in different positions.
Creative shoot with Jennyfer Desbiens + Anicko
Anicko ask me to shoot her new idea with model Jennyfer from Scoop agency. Anicko is responsible for the direction, make-up, hair, creating the head piece and some of the styling. We had Jennyfer bring some of her clothing to complete the styling. Jennyfer also has skills as a mime which enriched her presence and...
