Allan Deonarine

When I first heard about this app it sounded incredible. The fact that you could actually "paint light" and take a photo of it boggled the mind.  I really wanted to try it out, but I have this irrational fear of buying apps from the app store. 

This is how I feel about buying apps

A good friend of mine had a birthday coming up and I thought it would be cool to use the app to make her a birthday card. I decided to get the app, even if I just used it for this one occasion.  The app has a clear a easy to use tutorial. I understood right away what I needed to do. The problem was execution.  It was maddening trying to figure out the right settings for my small point-and-shoot to produce legible photos. I also kept getting my finger in the shot. At first I experimented with taking some test shots of a Chapters outside, but the lack of light control rendered the photos washed out and unusable. In the end I found a dark room with a half covered lamp and a dresser for camera stability worked the best. I wish it had more characters and not just capital letters and a few shapes. You also can't combine shapes and letters in one photo, which was annoying. The results, edited together in the video above, were okay, but I'm sure with a better camera that allows for more control and an iPad, you could produce far better images. 

This is what is possible: