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.
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.
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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Sometimes in order to really get intimate with an art or a skill, it's best to strip down to the basics. And with photography, besides maybe a pinhole camera, there's not much more basic than the camera in your smartphone.
When you take away all the fancy camera features, all you're left with is your eye and skills that you can develop in working with the basic features that you've got.
Cameraphones are becoming pretty well advanced in their own right, and when used well by someone with a great eye for a shot, they can take pretty damn good photos.
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