With a fairly slow shutter speed on a camera and a moving light source, you can create some pretty amazing effects. This time of year, many of us have some pretty great lights on display in the form of a christmas tree. It can be pretty tough to spin the tree around fast enough, so the next best thing is to toss your camera in the air while it is taking pictures.
Do not try this at home!
I've been experimenting a bit with this technique known as "camera tossing". With the slow shutter speed you get on an iPhone, and it's excellent throwability, you can get some really cool shots and effects.
Here're are a few samples of what I came up with.
How I did it
I used the iPhone app called DreamCam which does rapid-fire shots. I set it to a 2 second delay and took 25 pictures at .1 second intervals. I timed my toss and gave it a good spin with the camera facing the lit tree.
The above pictures all came from a single toss.
Here's a video from the makers of DreamCam demonstrating the features:
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With a fairly slow shutter speed on a camera and a moving light source, you can create some pretty amazing effects. This time of year, many of us have some pretty great lights on display in the form of a christmas tree. It can be pretty tough to spin the tree around fast enough, so the next best thing is to toss your camera in the air while it is taking pictures.
Do not try this at home!
I've been experimenting a bit with this technique known as "camera tossing". With the slow shutter speed you get on an iPhone, and it's excellent throwability, you can get some really cool shots and effects.
Here're are a few samples of what I came up with.
How I did it
I used the iPhone app called DreamCam which does rapid-fire shots. I set it to a 2 second delay and took 25 pictures at .1 second intervals. I timed my toss and gave it a good spin with the camera facing the lit tree.
The above pictures all came from a single toss.
Here's a video from the makers of DreamCam demonstrating the features: