Light Painting Kits

Start with how much you already shoot. The Beginner Kit is made for your first light paintings: the RGB Critter BT and 10 tools in the box, enough for line art, soft glowing trails, ribbons of color and blade shapes. The Starter Kit is for photographers who already know they love it, with 21 tools on one light. The Pro Kit has two RGB Critter BT lights and 48 tools, nearly every light painting accessory we make.

Every kit includes the RGB Critter BT light engine with its rechargeable 18650 battery and USB-C cable, so it works out of the box. The tools twist onto the front of the light: an Acrylic Writer for sharp lines, a Fiber Optic Duster for soft trails, a Light Painting Tube for broad ribbons of color, and a Blade Holder for acrylic shapes. The bigger kits add patterned tubes, more tubes and adapters, and each kit page lists every piece in the box.

No. Any camera that can hold its shutter open works, and a mirrorless or DSLR on a tripod is ideal. Start around ISO 200, f/8 and a 15 second shutter, then adjust. Our camera settings cheat sheet has settings for every effect, and the phone guide covers shooting without a camera.

Your first frame takes minutes: open the shutter, move the light through the frame, and see what the camera caught. Pick any of 16.7 million colors in the free app, save it to the light, and repeat the exact same effect frame after frame while you learn.

Yes. Every kit is built on the RGB Critter BT, and every light painting tool we make twists onto that same light, so a kit grows with you one tool at a time.

Keep them. The RGB Critter BT brush adapter set puts the threaded brushes and attachments you already own on the front of the RGB Critter BT.