Art buddy 2.0

Abstract

In light painting photography, various light sources can be used. Traditional sources of lights like candles, matchsticks and fireworks provide basic illumination effects while common handheld tools like flashlights and glow sticks enable the creation of simple light trails and patterns. More advanced sources such as LED lights significantly expand the possibilities by providing precise control over brightness, color and dynamic effects. In particular, programmable LED lights allow photographers to craft complex visual elements such as shapes, patterns and images, elevating the potential of light painting photography to a whole new level. Therefore, this FYP project aims to develop dedicated light painting devices to create light trails to aid photographers in creating beautiful patterns or render images which could not be achieved by painting using a single light source. The first part of the project involves the use of the Raspberry Pi Pico with a DC motor to create circular LED patterns while the second part of the project involves the use of the ESP32 to create a handheld LED device.