Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

light painting

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English

Syllables
light -paint-ing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

noun

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".

Uncountable

noun

A painting created using one of these techniques.

Countable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see light, painting.

Countable; Uncountable

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Inflected Forms

light paintings (plural)

Questions

What does light painting mean?
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.

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