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How do you do it?

idk but looks like brushings to me

Something brushy. Or something put on diffuse glow, with some working on it later imo. Or pentooling with working on it. I dunno. ;/

i think ppl do it with a flashlight and set their camera at a very high exposition time

dunno for ps...

Yeah its not made on photoshop lol.

Do most cameras have high exposition time?

You can change the settings and have a really long exposure time. I did the same thing with cars on the highway, street lanterns and the dashboard lights in my car, although I don't recommend trying this while driving. I don't know if I still have the photo's, I believe I deleted them all for wedding photography.

If you want a quality shot, go buy a DSLR camera. Pentax K20 is my choice. ALthough they are expensive, you get get shots like this. Your typical point and shoot camera will not do this. You need a camera on a tripod or something very stable, set your exposure time to long. You can do this in a studio quite easily. You can play with what is called "slow sync".

But yeah, the idea is your shutter is open for an extended period of time ( so you have to set your aperature accordingly) and while the shutter is open, you take a flashlight, lighter, whatever, some light source, and you basically draw it before the shutter closes. It's pretty fun to play with.

Edit: By the way, the first image is PS. Second one...maybe not. Although usually you can see the ghost-like image of the person doing the light "drawing".