{"id":5027,"date":"2016-01-29T19:19:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T19:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=5027"},"modified":"2016-01-29T19:19:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T19:19:33","slug":"make-a-simple-led-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=5027","title":{"rendered":"Make a simple LED Background"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All sorts of random things can be turned into an amazing \u00a0portrait background but last year I was shown something called the Pixel Stick which looked amazing. It was a Kickstarter backed project that combined LED\u2019s and long exposures in a way I\u2019ve never seen before. Although the pixelstick was out of my budget the basic idea wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>My low tech LED stick took just a few minutes to make and worked amazingly. Take a look at the Adorama TV video I made with the spectacular Mark Wallace to see for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pLnzrowjP60?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5027 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-4-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-4-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-4-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-4-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-4-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-4-625x417.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-4-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-4-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-4-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-7-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-7-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-7-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-7-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-7-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-7-625x417.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-7-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-7-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-7-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-7.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-8-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-8-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-8-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-8-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-8-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-8-625x417.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-8-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-8-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-8-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mark-8.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I\u2019ve had loads questions all asking the same thing\u2026 How do you make my LED stick?<\/p>\n<p>eBay proved to be the perfect place to start my search. There are loads of low cost LED\u2019s on the market and I found a 2 meter roll of multi-coloured LED\u2019s complete with battery box and controller for about \u00a317.00.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5028\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5028\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"LED-Setup\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-163x109.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-625x417.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each LED is actually several coloured LED\u2019s clustered together which turn on or adjust their brightness to change the colour. The controller is very basic but allows you to set the colour, brightness and any effects such as flashing or fading through the spectrum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5029\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5029\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-2-640x296.jpg\" alt=\"LED-Setup-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-2-640x296.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-2-200x93.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-2-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-2-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-2-625x289.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-2-180x83.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-2-960x444.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-2-350x162.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-2.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The LED strip is very flexible and sealed inside clear silicone (or something like it), so I found a spare bit of 1.8m timber and attached the LED strip to that. There\u2019s adhesive on the back of the strip but I just used a few rubber bands to hold it place. Just make sure the bands don\u2019t cover the LED\u2019s!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5030\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5030\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-3-640x421.jpg\" alt=\"LED-Setup-3\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-3-640x421.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-3-200x131.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-3-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-3-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-3-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-3-625x411.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-3-180x118.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-3-960x631.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-3-350x230.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Setup-3.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then it\u2019s just a matter of attaching the batteries and choosing a mode. Some colours worked better then others as did some modes. The key as always is to experiment and have some fun!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-5027 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Colour_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Colour_2-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Colour_2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Colour_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Colour_2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Colour_2-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Colour_2-160x160.jpg 160w, 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https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Colour_3-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Colour_3-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Colour_3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5032'>\n\t\t\t\tOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Colour_4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Colour_4-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LED-Colour_4-200x200.jpg 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It was a Kickstarter backed project that combined LED\u2019s and long exposures in a way I\u2019ve never seen before. 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