Light Painting Stories - 2026

These are the cool light painting photography projects that Joannie and I have created so far in 2026. Obviously its still pretty early in the year, and its winter in much of the country, but we’re already off to a great start! Each of these cool projects are listed in chronological order with the most recent at the top of the page. To learn more about a particular project, just click on the button below each one and you'll be taken to our sister website’s blog at Michael Anderson Photography for "The Rest of the Story”. This page is a work in progress. We’l keep adding projects to it as we complete them throughout the year. Each project will also be added to the appropriate gallery on our Home Page. Please check back to see what we’ve been up to! So, without further ado, here we go! Once again in 2026, we hit the road. In late January we headed to Florida to exhibit our Light Painting Photography at the amazing Cars on 5th Concourse in Naples, Florida. This was our second year at the show and we loved it! We had a light painting project lined up in Georgia while on our way to Florida. This project was of two WWII vehicles, a Piper L-4 N33579 and a Willys “MB” Jeep! It was a fun project that turned out very cool! The morning after that one, we continued on to Florida. After a lot of fun at Disney World, and some relaxation with friends in Fort Myers, Joannie and I headed to Naples for the Cars on 5th weekend. At the Friday evening Jetport Reception, we booked our very first light painting of a Porsche! This was not just any Porsche either, this rare 1958 Porsche 356A 1600 Speedster is a real stunner! We would light paint it a week after the show. On our way back home to Minnesota we would light paint four more amazing projects in Georgia. They’ll be added to this page as soon as they’re completed and their stories written. We also have projects already lined up in Missouri in late April. After that, the weather should get us going in the upper Midwest again too! In the meantime, thank you for taking time out of your day to check out our light painting passion. We’ll be back with more cool light painting projects! - M&J

Light Painting a WWII Piper L-4 N33579 and a Willys “MB” Jeep
For the second year in a row, Joannie and I left the cold Minnesota winter weather and set off for Florida. Unknown to us at the time was that it would be freezing in Florida too! Record cold weather greeted us with wind chills in the teens while we were at Walt Disney World!
Prior to arriving in Florida, we made a stop to light paint these two wonderful World War II era vehicles in Carrollton, Georgia.
Joannie was a bit under the weather that night, so our friend Ray and I did the light painting for this project. I met Ray and his wife Melisa at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh back in July. It was there that I created three project for them while at EAA. 
Project #1 was of the amazing P-51D Mustang "Old Crow". I light painted Old Crow during the Wednesday night fireworks show. And yes, there are actual show fireworks in the final artwork!
Project #2 was the light painting of CubCrafters XCub N920RS. I light painted that one with the help of Mike Port at Hickory Oaks Campground near Oshkosh.
Project #3 was of Douglas DC-3 N728G. This warbird was light painted (under rather heavy security) during the Saturday evening fireworks show. And yes, it also has show fireworks in its final artwork as well.
All three of those projects can be found on the "Light Painting Stories - 2025" page on this website. Please go check them out, you won't be disappointed!
We headed off to Florida early the morning after this project as nasty winter weather was only a few hours from hitting the area and we want no part of it! It turns out that we would be back here in just a few weeks to light paint another unique aircraft. More on that in a bit.
A cool light painted photograph of Piper L-4 N33579 and a Willys “MB” Jeep in a hangar.

This cool light painted photograph of Piper L-4 N33579 and a Willys “MB” Jeep. The conditions outside weren't too great, so we went with the indoor approach which turned out pretty cool!

Light Painting Piper L-4 N33579 and a Willys “MB” Jeep.
Light Painting a 1958 Porsche 356A 1600 Speedster
After freezing at Walt Disney World (we still had a lot of fun, but it could have been much warmer), we headed to Fort Myers where the weather eventually did get warmer. 
We hit the golf ball a little, relaxed with great friends, and then headed to Naples for the amazing Cars on 5th Concourse, and its spectacular Friday evening Jetport Reception charity event for Habitat for Humanity. It was there that we were commissioned to light paint this mint-condition black '58 Porsche Speedster. 
This amazing automobile is spotless! Not to sound like bragging, but we think the final artwork is right up there with the Porsche too!
A stunning light painted photograph of a black 1958 Porsche 356A 1600 Speedster.

This black 1958 Porsche 356A 1600 Speedster looks even better than the day it left the factory nearly 70 years ago! It was truly an honor that we had the opportunity to light paint it!

Light Painting a 1958 Porsche 356A 1600 Speedster
Well, that's it for the moment. We've still have 4 additional projects from this trip, and we'll post them here once they're complete. Please check back. Thank you! - M&J
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