Spring has Sprung: Eric Cahan.

Beautiful photos of sunrises and sunsets from around the world, by Eric Cahan, ushering in spring. 

Scenes from the Weekend.

There's no place like home.

Painting with Light: Darren Pearson.

A little something playful for this Monday morning, a light painting by Darren Pearson. A native to San Diego, Darren is working on a series dubbed California Soul, an ode to coastal culture.

 

His ability to define such detail in his work is quite remarkable (Take a peek over at PetaPixel). It must be incredibly entertaining to reveal what you've created in the long exposures.

Painting with Light (Part II): Picasso.

Revisiting an old favorite. I love these light drawings by Picasso, don't you? I'd love to know who was behind the camera, and what exchanges they had with him...

Beneath the Sea.

I am entranced by this light filled underwater scene... reminds me of the sun peaking through the clouds after a storm. I would love to have a large print of this in my home.

Artist unknown, found via Vain and Vapid.

Painting with Light III

A little modern day light painting fun...

Photographs by Outabounds on Flickr. 

Painting with Light II

A little digging around has revealed that the first known light paintings were made in 1914! Incredible!

Frank and Lillian Moller Gilbreth used small lights and long exposure photos to capture the motion of workers, of all things. Subjects ranged from handkerchief folders to bricklayers. The photos weren’t created as art by these two industrial engineering efficiency experts, instead they sought to help develop ways to increase employee output and simplify job tasks.

They are beautiful in their own way, aren't they?

Painting with Light.

I've been falling in love with light centered works and installations lately. Perhaps it is something about the chilly cold and darkness that is creeping in with the winter season, and the warm glow that these pieces surround you in. Or perhaps it has more to do with the unconfined nature of light, and freedom to reach out and touch you as it is expressed - at a time when I feel contrained and yet boundless possibility. I'm not quite sure...

Today, I stumbled upon Picasso portrayed and practicing as a light painter, and fell totally in love.

LIFE writes,

"Renowned LIFE photographer Gjon Mili, a technical genius and lighting innovator, visited Pablo Picasso in the South of France in 1949. Mili showed the artist some of his photographs of ice skaters with tiny lights affixed to their skates, jumping in the dark — and Picasso’s lively mind began to race. This series of photographs, since known as Picasso’s “light drawings,” were made with a small flashlight or “light pencil” in a dark room; the images vanished almost as soon as they were created."

Check out LIFE's gallery of the light painting photos: Picasso: Drawing With Light

Found via PetaPixel