Things that glow bump in the night! Spooky photographs created with the help of a light pen... and a lot of patience
It looks as if someone has captured paranormal activity invading a house, as neon waves of light roll over a lifeless body.
But far from supernatural, this is the work of an artist armed with a kid's torch and a lot of patience.
Over the last four years Finnish photographer Janne Parviainen has created a series of light paintings using only a camera and led torches.
Janne like to use in his photos different kind of figures such as skeletons and ghostly light creatures
Far from supernatural, this is the work of an artist armed with a kid's torch and a lot of patience
Over the last four years Finnish photographer Janne Parviainen has created a series of light paintings
Parviainen simply calculates his settings, opens the shutter, and then spends 'a few seconds to hours tracing a room with his LED to create images straight from the camera lens'
Believe it or not there is no post-processing used in the creation of these images.
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Parviainen simply calculates his settings, opens the shutter, and then spends 'a few seconds to hours, depending', tracing a room with his LED to create images straight from the camera lens.
The results are both extraordinary and slightly spooky.
His discovery of the unusual-looking medium was an accident.
Janne likes to use different kind of figures such as skeletons and ghostly light creatures in his work
Mummified figures appear to move across the image in these highly unusual frames
The Finnish photographer's resulting photos are both extraordinary and slightly spooky
His discovery of the unusual-looking medium was an accident - he bumped his camera and realised it had created this stunning sight
Janne is well known for his light painting figures and recently he has been producing some amazing skeleton imagery
In early 2007, Janne was out at night capturing long exposure photographs and accidentally bumped his camera, when he looked at his photograph the street lights had left streaks that appeared to be writing in the image; from that point on Janne was a Light Painter.
Janne is well known for his light painting figures and recently he has been producing some amazing skeleton imagery.
On his Janne's website, he said: 'The idea of the art form is not to use any post production to the photo at all, all photos should be straight from the camera.
'While the camera is exposing the area of the photo can be used as a canvas by moving different lights in it, as if drawing or painting to it.
The actual light painting can be done with colored strobes or flash lights, Janne explains
Janne says by using these figures hecan add more humane stories into his photos
What interests Janne the most in light painting is the ability to draw in three dimensional space
The artists likes to put skeletons in totally different situations and emotional stages
The photographer has been experimenting with the medium for four years, ever since he accidentally discovered it
'The exposure times used in light painting vary from a few seconds to hours, depending on the desired effect.
'The actual light painting can be done with colored strobes, flash lights, light toys or tools especially engineered for light painting.
'What interests me most in light painting is the ability to draw in three dimensional space and the possibility to alter the reality without post processing programs.
Electric! The red lights shoot from this van as Janne's imagination runs wild
Coming for you! The skeletons appear to rise out the sea and walk across the shore in this moodily-lit scene
Janne creates an image of both himself and his spooky skeletons in this deserted scene
'I like to use in my photos different kind of figures such as skeletons and ghostly light creatures.
'By using these figures I can add more humane stories into my photos and alter the cultural learned feelings they cause in the viewer of the photo.
'I especially like to use the skeleton figure because of it's strong pre-learned emotional concept and place it in totally different situations and emotional stages than in which it's usually seen in popular culture.'
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