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Light-painting photography, taught from the field

Welcome to a growing home for tools, tutorials, inspiration, and real-world knowledge from our years of creating light-painting art outdoors. Built with love by Kim Henry, Eric Paré, and the Tube Tribe.

Light painting is more than a photographic technique to us. It is a way of exploring the night, moving with intention, and creating something fleeting, physical, and real. It brings together landscape, movement, light, patience, and play. Sometimes it feels joyful. Sometimes it feels meditative. Often, it feels like stepping into another world for a few seconds and bringing a piece of it back with you.

This site exists because we love this art deeply, and because we want to share what we’ve learned along the way. Whether you are discovering light painting for the first time or have already spent years experimenting in the dark, we hope this becomes a place that helps you learn, refine your process, and stay inspired.

What this site is about:
This is our reference space for outdoor light-painting photography.

You’ll find:

  • practical tutorials to help you get started and improve
  • tools and gear breakdowns, especially around tubes, flashlights, and DIY solutions
  • inspiration posts, image breakdowns, and behind-the-scenes experiments
  • news, updates, and new directions as our work continues to evolve

What you’ll find here:

Learn
Start with foundations, field techniques, camera settings, and real shooting workflows.

Tools
Explore the gear and handmade tools we use, from tubes and squares to flashlights and modifiers.

Inspiration
See finished work, field experiments, artist references, and ideas to push your own practice further.

News
Follow what’s new: recent posts, tool updates, new tutorials, and what we’re currently exploring.

How this site will evolve:
This website is meant to grow into a deeper and deeper reference for the light-painting community. Over time, we’ll keep adding new tutorials, field-tested techniques, tool guides, inspiration posts, and news from our ongoing work. The goal is not just to show finished images, but to build a resource you can return to again and again as your own practice evolves.

Link Embed Gallery (8 links, 3 cols)
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kED3pwk2DfM
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbIWd5i3EfA
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN37EU9vQc8
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3m4nILMOfg
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-tO8LMVzLE
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kMbNERk6Bo
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_LISgX7dCc
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spiifsm_23M
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If you’re new here, start with the basics. If you’ve already been painting with light for a while, dive into the tools, experiments, and ideas that keep this art alive for us.

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