{"id":7887,"date":"2016-04-14T20:20:17","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T20:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7887"},"modified":"2024-01-02T17:30:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T17:30:14","slug":"the-pixelstick-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/the-pixelstick-verdict","title":{"rendered":"The Pixelstick &#8211; The Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Was the Pixel Stick Worth it?<\/h1>\n<p>Having watched this cool light painting tool evolve for a while it was only a matter of time before I got one. That came on Black Friday 2015 when the offer price was right.<\/p>\n<p>It arrived from the states a few days later, and I was raring to go &#8211; were it not for the rain!<\/p>\n<h2>How does it work&#8230; ?<\/h2>\n<p>Watch this!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Auy9n2Fs33Q<\/p>\n<h1>Why did I get it?<\/h1>\n<p>I shoot cars professionally &#8211; I thought it&#8217;d be a cool addition to the toolkit for that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/TVR-sagaris-ribble-valley-pendle-126.jpg\" alt=\"TVR sagaris ribble valley pendle-126\" width=\"1000\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/TVR-sagaris-ribble-valley-pendle-126.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/TVR-sagaris-ribble-valley-pendle-126-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also, I thought I could use it for client logos &#8211; adding those to scenes for some quirky viral click bait!<\/p>\n<p>I also run night workshops, so it was an obvious addition to the &#8220;wire wool&#8221; and &#8220;gelled LED torches&#8221; I drag around Yorkshire each winter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ghostly-Goings-On-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ghostly Goings On-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ghostly-Goings-On-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ghostly-Goings-On-1-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ghostly-Goings-On-1-1024x489.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I like gadgets, and wondered what I could do with it &#8211; what works, what doesn&#8217;t work, could I do anything others were not doing ?<\/p>\n<h1>How is the Pixelstick to use?<\/h1>\n<h2>Uploading new files etc. to the Pixelstick<\/h2>\n<p>The file format and interface on the device is old school:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you need &#8220;bitmap&#8221; BMP files which are 200 pixels high,<\/li>\n<li>then rotate them 90 degrees to the right,<\/li>\n<li>the file names can only be 8 characters long.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SO that&#8217;s novel<\/p>\n<p>Photos with black edges work best &#8211; anything on a white <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/creating-depth-understanding-the-importance-of-foreground-middleground-and-background\/\">background<\/a> look a bit pants, to be honest &#8211; you get white tide mark.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0069.jpg\" alt=\"CT2A0069\" width=\"709\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0069.jpg 709w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0069-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I ended up with lots of demonic heads to start with &#8211; they have black edges! I&#8217;m not a satanist or demon worshipper!<\/p>\n<p>The interface itself is pretty good to use at night &#8211; just a simple controller and a fire button. A bit like an old Game Boy control really. Once you get used to the menus, you can change things very quickly<\/p>\n<h1>Some Photos<\/h1>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7887 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0115.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0115.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0115-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0097.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0097.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0097-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0999.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0999.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0999-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0999-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5717.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5717.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5717-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5716.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5716.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5716-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0080-Edit-Edit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0080-Edit-Edit.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0080-Edit-Edit-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/TVR-sagaris-ribble-valley-pendle-126.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/TVR-sagaris-ribble-valley-pendle-126.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/TVR-sagaris-ribble-valley-pendle-126-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0090.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0090.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0090-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0051-Edit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0051-Edit.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0051-Edit-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A4461.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A4461.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A4461-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0128-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0128-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0128-2-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A6906.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A6906.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A6906-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5691.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5691.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5691-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A1047.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A1047.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A1047-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0069.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0069.jpg 709w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0069-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0153.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0153.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0153-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0095.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0095.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0095-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0138.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0138.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0138-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5695.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5695.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5695-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A3847.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A3847.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A3847-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5707.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5707.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A5707-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A1025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A1025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A1025-300x108.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>So you can see lots of examples there &#8211; I&#8217;ve certainly given it a good workout!<\/p>\n<h1>Using it in the field<\/h1>\n<h2>Needs to be really dark!<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0153.jpg\" alt=\"CT2A0153\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0153.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CT2A0153-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I find it best if you&#8217;re somewhere dark enough to get a 30-second exposure at around F5.6 &#8211; so we&#8217;re talking dark places! Any brighter, you have to work faster or lower the aperture to F8 or F11&#8230; then the brightness starts to fade. i.e. you can&#8217;t see the effect very well&#8230; or at all .<\/p>\n<h2>Timing is interesting<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always shot with someone at the cameras &#8211; so I have to shout when to start the camera, no use of remote shutters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CT2A8586.jpg\" alt=\"CT2A8586\" width=\"1000\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CT2A8586.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CT2A8586-300x131.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How do you get wings in the right place behind someone? It&#8217;s tricky &#8211; try it.<\/p>\n<p>Also, you&#8217;re walking to trace out an image &#8211; often to fill a specific space &#8211; so how do you time that? It could end early so you have got a big black space, or you end up at the end of the scene with the stick\u00a0still flashing!<\/p>\n<h2>Its fun<\/h2>\n<p>Yeah &#8211; it is good fun to use to be honest. You just run around looking like an idiot, or some star wars fan as it can look like a light sabre!<\/p>\n<h1>Has it any Commercial Value?<\/h1>\n<p>Limited &#8211; I think most clients think it&#8217;s badly photoshopped artwork, rather than something unique and creative. One, in a bout of truth-telling, explained in great depth how he thought posting it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/top-social-media-trends-to-watch-for-in-2024-embracing-the-future-of-digital-engagement\/\" title=\"Top Social Media Trends to Watch for in 2024: Embracing the Future of Digital Engagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social\u00a0Media<\/a> had cheapened\u00a0my work and damaged my brand!<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think many would go that far, but it&#8217;s seen more as a novelty toy, than a real commercial tool\u00a0help raise a company profile.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d definitely try an another car shoot &#8211; but as an addition at the end of the shoot, if we had time. I&#8217;d not be promoting it and don&#8217;t have any examples on the website.<\/p>\n<h1>Was it worth it?<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CT2A8676.jpg\" alt=\"CT2A8676\" width=\"1000\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CT2A8676.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CT2A8676-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s definitely got some interest in workshops so has paid for itself in extra attendees, so yes, it&#8217;s a cool tool which has actually covered its cost.<\/p>\n<p>I think its best when used to create abstract things &#8211; rather than trying to create actual photos or things which are recognisable\u00a0such as logos.<\/p>\n<p>If you get too close to the camera, it looks like 200 lines, rather than a nice smooth image &#8211; that was a bit limiting, you do need to be far away to get the most from it.<\/p>\n<h1>What Next?<\/h1>\n<p>It&#8217;s getting light late in the UK now, so it&#8217;ll probably be packed away till the Autumn &#8211; but I think the thing I&#8217;ve not done is city work. 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