Winter Illuminations in Japan

If you happen to be in Japan from now to March 31, 2013, make sure to check out one of Japan's most stunning displays of light called Winter Illuminations at Nabana no Sato, a botanical garden turned light theme park on the island of Nagashima in Kuwana.

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Gorgeous Photos of Light Experiments Shot Using Ordinary Objects

Based in San Francisco, Kim Pimmel is a photographer, a user interface designer, a DJ, and a “maker.” Take a look at his experimental light painting photographs, and you’ll see each of these interests shining through. Pimmel has spent years experimenting with long exposure photographs that show different light sources as brushes. His beautiful images are created using custom rigs and common objects — things like turntables, ping pong balls, fiber optic cables, pendulums, iPhone screens, and more.

The photographs seen here were not manipulated aside from basic image adjustments, and were captured using a Nikon D60.

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Hunting the Light

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Incredible Light Painting Photos by Ian Hobson

UK based photographer Ian Hobson creates these incredible light painting photos with zero digital manipulation. That’s right, all of these are straight from the camera!

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Topographical Light Painting Photos by Janne Parviainen

Janne Parviainen traces every object in a room with light, creating these topographical light painting photos that are pretty sweet!

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Amazing Night Photographs of London

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Light Graffiti by Sola

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Landscape Light Sculptures by Barry Underwood

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When The Mist Comes Creeping In

A Cathedral Made from 55,000 LED Lights at Ghent Light Festival

Created by Cagna Illumiations, the light cathedral made from 55,000 LEDs, for the 2012 Ghent Light Festival is one of the most beautiful light displays you’ll ever see.

Designed as a symbolic entrance to the Ghent Light Festival, the colorful cathedral imagined by Italian company Luminarie De Cagna stole the show at this year’s event. The gigantic colonnade was adorned with around 55,000 colorful LED bulbs that shine so bright you’d think they consume enough electricity to power a small town, but in reality, the entire installation consumes only 20 Kwatt/h. Inspired by Romanesque and Renaissance architecture, the LED cathedral towered 28 meters high.

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