Attention Light Painters, inventors, and wannabe Entrepreneurs!!!!
There is something in this newsletter for each of you!  Read on!

Howdy Everyone!!!  I hope the lights are shining well for you in your corner of the world! 

Business has been going well and we are off to a slow and steady start here at LightPaintingTools.com!  Thank you all for your support and business!!  I appreciate all the encouragement and support in making this a success and helping to spread the word about our art to others across the globe!  Creating new and exciting Light Painting Tools and ultimately making them accessible to everyone is the basis of what this business was started on and we will continue to work towards those goals.  Getting the word out about Light Painting and our offerings is a top priority at the moment.  Please feel free to share our website with other photographers you may know.  Including those just getting into photography as well as those that have been around it for a while.

And for those of you that are not aware, LightPaintingTools.com has a Facebook Page as well that is located at:

http://www.facebook.com/LightPaintingTools

Please stop by, introduce yourself, say hello, shine a few lights, Like the Page and encourage your friends to Like us as well! 

LightPaintingTools.com IS NOW FEATURED ON LightPaintingPhotography.com!!!

Here is some really exciting news for those of you that have not seen it on the LightPaintingPhotography.com website!  I am pleased to announce that LightPaintingTools.com is now a featured Light Painting Tools supplier in the Tools section of the LightPaintingPhotography.com website!!!! This website is run by fellow Light Painter Jason Page and has quickly become a great central resource for information related to Light Painting including an extensive history of the art along with interviews and information about other light painters that making a difference in our art form!   Jason has also been working with Adorama to create a specific section on Adaroma’s website for Light Painting Tools, gadgets, and gear!  Light Painting is definitely growing in popularity and the rank of Light Painters is increasing daily!  So this is great news for the art form as the more recognition Light Painting gets from the general public, the more the Light Painting community will benefit from it as a whole!   And for those of you that know me, I have been on a mission to get the word out about Light Painting for several years now and I can definitely say this is exciting times for us all!   Thank Jason!

Okay, now on to the next exciting announcement!!!

OFFER YOUR OWN TOOL OR KIT ON THE LightPaintingTools.com WEBSITE

I am making some changes to the business structure just a little bit to help open tool accessibility up to others and also to give other like minded Light Painter / Inventors the opportunity to offer their own creations through LightPaintingTools.com as well!  One of my goals with LightPaintingTools.com is to provide a centrally located place for anyone to obtain information and tools related to the art of Light Painting Photography.  With that in mind, I am making some changes to the business plan that will allow other light painting tool inventors to get directly involved and make some money on their own ideas!!

I know there are several Light Painters out there that also have an inventive side to them and some are straight up electronics geeks like myself as well.  For those that would like to offer a tool or kit that they created without the headache of running a full website or business to go along with it, I am going to be offering several different options to help others get involved in the growing world of Light Painting.

If you have an idea that you would like to make available to others through the LightPaintingTools.com website, please contact me directly at MichaelRRoss@LightPaintingTools.com

And still yet another exciting announcement!!!

KITS AND COMPONENTS WILL SOON BE OFFERED ON LightPaintingTools.com!

LightPaintingTools.com will soon be offering tools in a more affordable kit form for those that would like to take on the task of building tools themselves.
Soon, most of the high end tools will be offered in kit format as the primary option but and assembly option will also still be available for those that would rather purchase a completed tool.    The first kit that I will be offering in this form will be the Programmed Color Phaser!!!  Some other tools offered on the site will soon follow suite.  Most of the smaller, lower cost tools will be offered as a completed items only.

In addition, we will also be offering individual components such as LEDs, Battery holders, Programmed Micro-controllers and MUCH MORE!!!  Stay tuned for more on this as things develop!

And lastly, but certainly not least!   I will be soon be making some changes to the website to add a forum area to encourage discussions and specific ideas about making or modifying specific tools or even brainstorming the creation of new tools or kits that can be offered!

Until Next time…  Let the Light Shine!! 

I made a statement on the website that our website subscribers would be the FIRST to know when a new tool is made available on our website. The time has come to make that announcement!

As some of you may already know, we (we as in my son and I) have been working on coming up with a tool that would mimic the light painting qualities found in the LED Lenser V24. After a few months of trial and error, we are very excited to officially announce that we finally have a finish product ready to market!

Introducing the new PCP for Light Painters! …. The LightPaintingTools.com – Programmed Color Phaser!!!!

The naming contest was held on both Facebook and Flickr to come up with a name for the tool and some of the suggested names were simply awesome and had me rolling in laughter! The “TxPilot Light” was a creative one that was suggested by Eric Mellinger (emellin66 on flickr)! Then there were was the “Rod of Awesomeness” suggestion by Concretin Nik and and “TxPilot’s Joystick” by vikwaters! Ha! But I think the best off the wall suggestion was by Mike Kline (NotKalvin on flickr) who suggested the name “Frank” saying that his kids use to name everything Frank! But out of all the suggestions, it was hard to come up with one that just struck me as the obvious one to use, but a few of them just stuck with me so I ended up deciding on using ~jah’s suggestion of “Programmed Color Phaser”! I think maybe that being a Trekkie sort of had me hooked on the Phaser part of that!

So… here are the crazy cool specs!

Rocker Switch with momentary on / off / and constant on positions or Rock, and Full Rock-n-Roll if you will!
Rotary Mode Switch to select 1 of 12 different modes
Modes: Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, White, V24 mimic, Full Color fade slow, Full Color fade Fast, Full Color change (no Fade), Full Color Blink (one second on, one second off)
Acyrlic Rod: Comes with same type of rod used on the V24
Additional Rods available: Heavy diffusion, Light Diffusion, Striped Diffusion. (Bubble Rod may be offered at a later date) (Complete sets will also be available)
Power: 3 AAA batteries
Base Dimensions: 12″ (~31cm) long by 1 5/8″ (41mm) diameter (not including switches)
Rod Length: 18″ (46cm)
Rod Diameter: ~3/4″ (~19mm)

With everything that goes into making on of these precious tools, pricing will be set at $75.00 for the basic set (Base light with one rod) and Additional Rods are available for $15.00 each. Or you can save $20 off the separate prices and get a complete set with base and all 4 rods for only $100.00. (Prices are USD and do not include shipping or any applicable taxes or duty)

A video of the new tool can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOXSpoebaLs

Find out more on our site at: http://lightpaintingtools.com/?page_id=483

Order yours today!

We have some other announcements coming soon! So stay tuned for the next LightPaintingTools.com Totally Almost Random Newsletter!!

Until next time, Let the light shine!!!

I found a supplier that had a range of colors for the orb tool and I have a supply ordered and on the way! I expect that they will be in stock within the next two weeks! I will have Red, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Pink, and White in stock very soon! And these orb tools will have 30 LEDs each instead of the 18 to 20 that have been the standard in the past! These new sets were a bit more expensive so I had to raise the price $2 each to make up for it but still a great deal!

Pre-order yours today!

Have a great week!

LightPaintingTools.com

This great set of LED Light Writer key lights includes a full range of colors including a few that are very to hard to find! The Light Writers are prefect for freehand drawing in your Light Painting creations and are also great for creating great starburst effects because they are super bright!!! The momentary Push ON/Release OFF push button gives the light painter precise control over placement of light within your image.

These lights are exclusively available through LightPaintingTools.com! There are others on the market that are similar but either do not have the same easy to use mode for Light Painting Photography (Push ON/Release OFF) or are priced much higher and only sold individually and do not include this full range of colors.

Colors included in the set are White, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Aqua, Pink, Peach, and UV (Purple). (Yes, that says Peach!!!)

The RGB LED Light Wand is great for use with Light Painting portraits or in any situation where you would like to add a splash of pure color to your image. The RGB LED Light Wand can be used for adding lines, waves, or even large calligraphy type characters to your scene. Easy to use lever switches for each of the primary colors (Red, Green, and Blue) and a simple momentary push button to activate it make this tool a pleasure to light paint with! Colors can also be mixed to create Yellow, Cyan, Magenta, and White as well! The RGB LED Light Wand also comes with a slip on diffuser to give you the ability to add pinpoint lines of light or more diffused light patterns. It can be used with one or both hands giving you full freedom to vary line widths and patterns.

(The difference between the RGB LED Light Wand and the Digital Light Wand is that the RGB LED Light Wand will only light up with one single color at a time instead of having the ability through a micro-controller to light up each RGB LED in different colors at the same time.)

The RGB LED Light Wand has 30 LEDs in a .5 meter strip and uses 8 AAA batteries.

Get yours today!

There was also a problem with the shopping cart and pricing display for the Digital Light Wands that has now been corrected. The Ultimate Tools for a Light Painter’s tool kit!

Welcome Light Painters and Future Light Painters to LightPaintingTools.com!  Post a comment here and tell us who you are, were your are located, post a link to your Light Painting Photos, make a comment about Light Painting, or ask any question at all about Light Painting Photography. Show off a photo if you like as well!