Emerald LED laser blob plays the piano

This emerald LED piano player bouncing between ivory chords while overlooking the sliding, pre-dawn backside of a San Franciscan hill was created by Ryan Cashman with a Canon Rebel DSLR using a 30 second exposure time and a small keychain light. I've love it: it takes a lot of skill to make a laser cartoon look so gosh darn pleased with himself when you've only got half a minute to sketch out each frame, like attending some anthropomorphic laser blob's first piano recital. I would like to see more of this savant's incredible twilight performances... some Adaggio in G Minor overlooking an ancient Acropolis, perhaps.

Light-Paint Piano Player [Vimeo via MAKE]

[#1 posted by kaiza , September 24, 2008 6:25 AM]

Absolutely brilliant! I wonder how many photos were taken to make that video? (I guess it's how-ever-many notes were in the music piece).

I really like the ghosting of the person - reminds me of the puppeteers who wear black to remain concealed in plain sight on stage.

[#2 posted by Enochrewt , September 24, 2008 8:28 AM]

Holy Crap!!! That's amazing!!

[#3 posted by Anonymous , September 24, 2008 11:32 AM]

Awesome video!