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light paintings

light paintings is the plural of light painting.

Meaning of light painting

Noun

light painting (countable and uncountable, plural light paintings)

  1. (uncountable) The artistic technique of moving a light source to selectively illuminate parts of the subject or scene a camera is recording (at a slow shutter speed), or to shine directly into the camera and in this way sketch.
  2. (uncountable) Camera painting, the artistic technique of moving a camera (while it records at a low shutter speed) such that light sources appear in multiple places or as streaks in the resulting photograph, the "painting".
  3. (countable) A painting created using one of these techniques.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see light, painting.
    • This key has slightly more midtone but is still a light painting.2011, Jo Taylor, Watercolour Wisdom, page 92

Questions about light paintings

What is light paintings the plural of?
Light paintings is the plural of light painting.

Words near light paintings in the dictionary

  1. light orange
  2. light organ
  3. light organs
  4. light out
  5. light painting
  6. light paintings
  7. light panel
  8. light panels
  9. light paper
  10. light papers
  11. light pen

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