Outdoor Light Painting Photography The Essential Field Guide

by Paré, Eric; Henry, Kim; Paré, Eric; Henry, Kim

• ISBN13: 9781840919257
• ISBN10: 1840919256
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781840919264
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2026-04-28
• Publisher: Ilex Press
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Summary

An easy-to-follow, how-to guide to the art of outdoor light painting from Instagram sensations Eric Paré (400k followers) and Kim Henry (22k followers).

A book to inspire your nights. Learn the technique, embrace the process, and step into a world where light becomes your brush.

Outdoor Light-Painting Photography is an invitation to step outside after dark and discover a world where light becomes your brush. Created by artists and photographers Eric Paré and Kim Henry, this book distills more than a decade of exploration, technical refinement, and creative adventure into a practical and inspiring field guide.

Blending photography, performance, and movement, Eric and Kim have pioneered a modern approach to light-painting, transforming landscapes into luminous stages. Through clear explanations and stunning imagery, they reveal how simple tools like a flashlight and a plastic tube can create breathtaking results when combined with long-exposure photography. Inside, readers will find:

- Essential equipment and techniques to get started or refine their craft.
- Step-by-step guidance for shooting in various environments: from black canvas to beach, winter, cityscapes, and under the stars.
- Insights into composition, light shapes, workflow, and tools.
- Multiple reference tables for easy access on the field.
- A decade's worth of tips, tricks, and hard-earned wisdom from countless night sessions around the world.

Whether you're an experienced photographer seeking new creative directions or a curious beginner ready to step into the night, this book offers both technical clarity and artistic inspiration. This book is a celebration of light, movement, and the magic that happens when the sun goes down.

Author Biography

Eric Paré is a Montréal based bullet-time and light-painting photography artist, with over 800k followers across his TikTok, Instagram and YouTube channels. Over the past 10 years, his work has been commissioned by leading brands, including Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, Adobe, Audi, Canon, Asus, Sony, ESPN, Intel, HP, among others. He not only manages two digital photography stores, lightpainting.store and xangle.store, but also guides and supports photography enthusiasts through four vibrant learning and community groups - Light-Painting, Xangle, LitByHand, and TubeTribe - solidifying himself as a trusted mentor within the dynamic realm of light painting.

Kim Henry is a professional contemporary dancer and performer fascinated with movement, nature and human beings. As a freelance artist, she has taken part in over 70 dance and physical theatre projects, but since 2014, she has largely collaborated with photographer and visual artist Eric Paré. Together, they have built a lifestyle combining passions for performing art, photography, travel and light painting. Exploring the world with their light painting tubes, they create unique imagery mixing light painting and landscape photography in magnificent locations. When they are not on the road, you can find them performing studio photography in Montreal where they capture dance using 176 cameras on a full 360° system.