Credit where credit is due, this photo was taken by Dee Ashley at the swift plant, I am wondering what types of lighting one uses to get this effect? I will be working with a Nikon FM2 film camera

Untitled by DeeAshley, on Flickr

Without post-proc, use spots and gels.

I wuv that image... Dee

Posted by aven134 Credit where credit is due, this photo was taken by Dee Ashley at the swift plant, I am wondering what types of lighting one uses to get this effect? I will be working with a Nikon FM2 film camera https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5448/17490609672_a2137f3473_c.jpgUntitled by DeeAshley, on Flickr

Ah, yes, I remember this one. This was during the Great Flood of 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas. Sadly, this building is only a memory now. I still grieve the loss of Swift...
Anyways, I had no idea this thread/photo was even here until just now, but I bet I can check the EXIF data and share it for some specifics (after I find the original...).
I think this photo mostly unedited, but it's really large and hard to see the overall photo (changing the size to a "big" medium or even a "small" large prior to sharing on the flickr site will make it easier to see, fyi). I'm pretty sure I posted one edited and one unedited, but don't remember which one this is.
Either way, the lighting was all done at the time of shooting. I'm still fairly new to light painting and was really new at it when I took this shot. I honestly can't even remember if I had colored gels yet or if I just used my trip-colored flashlight with a long exposure. I know I used the flash light and I know I used a separate red light in hopes of separating the colors. This one was slightly tricky because of the city lights that started to bleed into the shot with the 30 second or so exposure.
Sorry I'm being a little bit vague, but it's been a couple years!
Here is what I do know:
It was taken with a Canon T4i (cropped DSLR)
I strategically placed at least one, probably 2-3 separate, colored lights outside of the frame. One of these lights was a red bicycle brake light that I still have and this kind of light is the easiest to find, besides a normal white light. The other one is a hunting light that I bought from Bass Pro that has the blue, red, and green options in addition to the normal white light.
The rest of the details of this photo I'm not 100% sure about, so I'll hold off.
I will see if I can hunt down the EXIF data after dinner. I know I have some alternate versions that probably were never published that I'm happy to post when I find them too, if interested.
And, thank you, I'm flattered you found the photo so interesting!

I just cut and pasted the EXIF off of Flickr (below), but I'll try to save you a little bit of time:

Canon Rebel T4i
20" exposure.
ISO = 200 (there was a lot of city background light)
No flash (I did all the lighting separate from the camera)
The angle is 17mm (the lens is an awesome 16-300mm Tamron lens that I highly recommend for when you don't want to have to be changing lenses. Tamron makes a Nikon, Sony, and Canon [cropped] version).
White balance was on auto, no scene selection.
This appears to be the edited version, but I'm a little confused about the app's name, "Paint Life," since it doesn't ring a bell.


This is all the technical stuff cut/pasted from Flickr that mostly means nothing to me:

PaintLife Canon EOS REBEL T4i
16.0-300.0 mm
ƒ/6.7 17.0 mm 20 200 Flash (off, did not fire) Hide EXIF
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Orientation - Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution - 72 dpi
Y-Resolution - 72 dpi
Software - PaintLife
Date and Time (Modified) - 2015:05:09 00:24:34
Artist - DIONNE ASHLEY
YCbCr Positioning - Centered
Copyright - (C)2015
ISO Speed - 200
Exif Version - 0230
Date and Time (Original) - 2015:05:09 00:24:34
Date and Time (Digitized) - 2015:05:09 00:24:34
Components Configuration - Y, Cb, Cr, -
Exposure Bias - 0 EV
Metering Mode - Spot
User Comment - Edited with PaintLife
Sub Sec Time - 38
Sub Sec Time Original - 38
Sub Sec Time Digitized - 38
Flashpix Version - 0100
Color Space - sRGB
Focal Plane X-Resolution - 5798.657143
Focal Plane Y-Resolution - 5788.944444
Focal Plane Resolution Unit - inches
Custom Rendered - Normal
Exposure Mode - Manual
White Balance - Auto
Scene Capture Type - Standard
Compression - JPEG (old-style)
Thumbnail Offset - 884
Thumbnail Length - 10723
XMPToolkit - XMP Core 5.4.0
Flash Compensation - 0
Firmware - Firmware Version 1.0.1
IPTCDigest - d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
Coded Character Set - UTF8
Application Record Version - 2
Caption- Abstract - Edited with PaintLife

I do a similar thing, but with a hand-held speedlight flash and colored filters.
I'll put the camera on 'bulb mode' with the shutter locked open and manually focused, then walk through the scene in the dark, firing colored flashes at different spots that I want to illuminate. It takes some experimenting always, but it's really rewarding if you have the patience to make it work. Minimal editing required!

Posted by Furious D I do a similar thing, but with a hand-held speedlight flash and colored filters. I'll put the camera on 'bulb mode' with the shutter locked open and manually focused, then walk through the scene in the dark, firing colored flashes at different spots that I want to illuminate. It takes some experimenting always, but it's really rewarding if you have the patience to make it work. Minimal editing required! https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8190/29250376175_43c4da7de4.jpg

Yeah, that's pretty much the same thing I do too. I use other lighting a lot because of the "walking around in the dark" part. That can get a bit hazardous in a hurry, lol, so having some lights in position and not having to rely solely on me stumbling around with a flash bulb is a good thing.
Nice work with the plane btw!