Achieving photorealistic effects in-camera with pixelstick

Pixelstick is a versatile tool that can serve many roles in a shooter’s setup, but one of the things that truly sets it apart from other photo lights is its ability to read and display photorealistic images into a long exposure. To achieve all the brilliant reflection and spill of a normal in-camera light with the added benefit of that light taking any form you wish is a useful option to have in your kit.

Very interesting image choice and excellent use of the location. Setting the image behind the pillars and above a reflective source demonstrates the value of doing this kind of thing in-camera. It just looks real.

The only thing more appetizing than a six foot levitating cheeseburger is a six foot rippling reflection. Courtesy of Rick Drew Photography.

An excellent fiery image effect that not only looks like realistic fire, but spilled very realistic hot light all over the frame. Difficult to fake in post! Courtesy of Frederic Leroux.

Ditto. Courtesy of Marc Clack.

Slimer washes the walls with the eerie green glow of the afterlife.

Another from Rick Drew — same water source, very different graphic.

Three ingredients to success: An excellent bitmap (fire!), an excellent reflecting surface (a swimming pool), and an excellent prop (Gollum, my precious.) Courtesy of Brian Maffitt.

The pensive gatecrasher. Image courtesy of Dank Spangler.

From outside the paint! Image courtesy of Kiu Photography

All the artistic value of original graffiti art, none of the property damage.

Alphonse Mucha in Brooklyn. “High” Art.

A giant Pepperoni Pizza in Brooklyn. “Low” art.

“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan casts his light upon the hood of a Hyundai Elantra.

The “blink and you’ll miss it” Face of Evil from the Exorcist.

Dia de los Muertos skull from our Halloween Image Pack. Photo courtesy of Jason Bourneman.

The Millenium Falcon, nice and sharp. Image courtesy of Paul McCarthy.

Grace, come here! There’s a sinister looking kid I want you to see.

The Sacred Heart Courtesy of VersionTwo photography

Lightpainted lip-lock. Courtesy of VersionTwo photography.

Pre and Post-historic fauna in the Sugar Pines. Courtesy of Keith Salier.

Bird on the Beach, with just a hint of spill on the sand. Courtesy of Perfect Shots Photography.

Narnia moved its door to the fireplace. Courtesy of Keith Salier.

The peak of the Wings trope. Courtesy of Robbert Djikstra.