Super Chromatic
(Click to see the full picture!) A collaboration with LOCAL B hair salon. Sexy beauty lighting created by hand with light painting. On this project I challenged myself to create and push basic beauty white light to show the hair, makeup and qualities of the model while keeping it sexy, edgy and fashionable. This...
EXODEUS - Emanate the beauty within
I’m now the art director and the image maker of EXODEUS. Exodeus is a skin care line based on Alchemy. The products are beautiful, holistic, natural organic. It is still rare and the demand is increasing for hi-end potent skin care product. The idea behind the line is to emanate the beauty within. To nourish...
250 Light Paintings in 6 minutes - SLIDE SHOW
Here is a slide show I put together. It gives you a general idea of my work in the last years. With the great music of Pantha du Prince, titled Lay In a Shimmer. panthaduprince.com Special thank you to all the models and collaborators!
New lights I’m playing with…
I’ve had special light built for me a while ago by my friend Farid Rener and finally started to use them. I asked Tomomi to pose for me. I first covered the whole face and hair with the lights but the human shape disappeared almost completely and it lost it’s balance so I simplified and did only...
MORA - By Dominic Besner and the MX Gallery
For the live show Mora, I was asked by the MX Gallery to light paint the characters just before they went on stage. The challenge I had was to work quickly, each individual session was only between 5 and 10 minutes. Usually I take three hours to light paint. I said yes to the project...
PBS - Light Painting Interview
This was shot last June while I was in New York for the workshop with Aurora Crowley. Light Painting has been growing significantly for the last decade, now PBS a main stream media channel is talking about our unique form of art. This is an honor and a victory vor all the light painters out...
Asa for Michael Buble
This was a new kind of job. The guys at Geodezik asked me to make a shoot for the live visuals on the Michael Buble tour. It’s inspired by the painting of Tamara de Lempicka. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_de_Lempicka For this shoot I used Photoshop to create the blurs and to heighten the contrast so I can get the mood we...
Geneviève Borne, TV host
“What an honour to be light-painted by such a creative and talented artist such as Patrick Rochon! It was a fascinating and unforgettable experience.” -Genevieve Borne, Montreal march 2011 https://genevieveborne.com
Karine Vanasse, actress
Experimentation, Montreal 2010. This a collaboration I did with actress Karine Vanasse and makeup artist Anicko . This was my first time working with a professional actress. By the quality of her presence, Karine enriched the shooting and influenced my light painting in new creative directions. https://www.karinevanasse.com/ Link to Anicko’s agency Satellite: https://agencesatellite.com/#/maquillage-et-coiffure/anicko
Publications & Magazines, Japan 1998-2003
These are some of the works that was published (magazine, poster, CD jacket) while I was in Tokyo. The first shooting I did was for ZYAPPU an art and fashion magazine written in roman character using Japanese words. We did a fashion series shot from the ceiling. With 2 opposite characters on each page. Male...
Light Painting Workshop NYC June 18 - The results
Here are the images from the workshop. Everyone took turns at light painting each other and towards the end of the day, we all had the chance to light paint our model Anya Thompson. Light painting by: Clay Howard-Smith Matthew McAllister https://mmcallister.com Marina Wonder Joel Chapman Lindsay Adler https://www.lindsayadlerphotography.com Aurora Crowley https://auroracrowley.com And while all this...
Light Painting Workshop NYC June 18
One full day light painting workshop - Basic portrait and fashion light painting. Discover the magic by Patrick Rochon, award winning light painter. 19 years of experience. It’s open to everyone, photographers, painters, artists, or just people who wants to learn something creative! Limited 12 places only. Fee: 375$ June 18 2011 from 10...
Fire light painting with Anita Bombita
On my way to the shoot with my friend Anita Bombita, I had a vision of creating fire with light painting. The way I did it was with to different color flashlights, yellow and dark orange and my fingers. I sculpted the light with the fingers as I’m moving upwards. Anita is an art director...
David Bujo, musician & composer. CD Jacket
“It’s not that he only paints with light, it’s that he inspires, just from the light he creates. I HAD to work with Patrick Rochon and I am grateful towards our collaboration.” -David Bujo, Montreal 2010 “Ce n’est pas seulement qu’il peint avec la lumière, c’est qu’il inspire juste dans la manière avec laquelle il...
Michel Simard, composer & music teacher
Private session. Montreal, feb. 2011 When Michel saw my work, he asked me if I could do his portrait with light painting. He said he’s been looking for a local artist to do a piece for his living room. I said: “of course I can but I have to warn you that the only problem...
