pretty in the city: Happy Independence Day

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Jul 4, 2009

Happy Independence Day

Happy Independence Day!

UPDATE: How I did this.

Put the camera on a tripod.
Set ISO to 400. (Or play with other ISOs.)
Set camera to the TV setting (the one where you can choose the shutter speed.)
Choose anywhere from a five to eight-second exposure (or however long it takes you to write what you want to write.)
Write from left to right (how you normally would) and then flip the picture horizontally once you download it so it's not backwards.
I didn't use a flash, but you could experiment with one.

Some more tips:

We learned that printing works better than writing cursive.
Once your sparkler is lit, hold it at your starting point until the shutter is depressed, then start writing.
Hold the sparkler on the end point until the shutter closes.

8 comments:

Lisa D said...: how'd you do that?; 7/04/2009 11:42 PM
Jodie said...: that is tooooo cool !!!!!!!!; 7/05/2009 6:45 AM
sayid inayra said...: w o w!!; 7/05/2009 8:20 AM
Rebecca said...: So awesome!!!; 7/05/2009 8:57 AM
Dinky's Delights said...: That's cool and very pretty .....; 7/06/2009 6:05 PM
Aina said...: Neat! Sort of like one of my favorite photos on flickr. I have always wanted to try it but I'm just lazy.; 7/06/2009 8:28 PM
Aina said...: Also, my verification word was "turamp". Sup with that? LOL; 7/06/2009 8:28 PM
Andie said...: I've tried to do that several times, but every time I do it, once of scott's jackass friends run in front of the shutter or mess up my picture. LOL

Great job!; 7/09/2009 1:39 PM

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