really require any other equipment (besides a camera and flashlight), and can really produce some neat results. I wholeheartedly encourage you to give it a try! As a side note, I started a Flickr group a while back called Slow Light specifically for images lit with a handheld light. If you're on Flickr come on by and check us out. As a parting gift, have a gander at one of Denis Savoie 's incredible light painted images in the group: About the author : Pat David is a Director of R&D by day, and an amateur photographer by night (and some weekends). You can find him writing up GIMP tutorials and other errata on his blog , or peruse more of his photography experiments on his Flickr page . This post was originally published here . On a larger scale multiple shots of a flashlight can be helpful: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vincenzo_ma\\... Josephine E. Segura easy to understand and will help a lot of people. ..FreeLancerJob.notlong.com ttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6\\... Wesley Schaefer I'm open to criticism, what in particular is bad about my photos? I purposely use streaky lights and only light certain areas, if I wanted full lighting, I could use flash, but the flash light gives small directional light. ttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5\\... Lee Harris Not you by any chance? interesting but a bit too lurid HDR esque at times. ttp://twitter.com/malixe malixe There's room in the world for all kinds of techniques and different ways of applying them.  I have a friend who does light painting and