Steel wool spinning

[tomcampbell652]

I found this on Facebook this morning and am posting it as I know this has inspired a lot of you to try it obviously I know you are unlikely to have this happen to you but its worth reading and thinking of filters? just an observation of course! :bang:

http://www.diyphotography.net/steal-wool-light-paining-can-be-bad-for-your-lens?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Diyphotographynet+%28DIYPhotography.net+-+Photography+and+Studio+Lighting%29&utm_content=FaceBook

It also does give links for how to do it and other inspirational ideas.

 

[SThornton]

I have found the best way is to pull the wool apart and put it loosely into a whisk (attached to string). You don't need much and it doesn't take long.

 

[MWHCVT]

It's a risk, but a risk that all light painters and night artists work with and work around, I myself made a slight error of judgement on a recent shoot involving wire wool, where I got a little too close the action and had wire wool flying all around me as can be seeing


39/366 (404) by mwhcvt, on Flickr

but I couldn't use a filter even if I wanted too because of the nature of a fisheye lens, but personally I would rather work with the risk as I'm confident that a filter may cause reflection issues :shrug:

Matt
MWHCVT

 

[weybourne]

I used to have a job where I used an angle grinder regularly - my spectacles were peppered with such specks