Motion blur experiments

If you set a camera to flash and are in a dark (bot not too dark) environment, especially an environment with a mix of foreground and background objects and a significantly varying light level, try the following experiment:

- Move the camera as you take the picture.
- If you're doing a portrait, move so that the camera remains pointed at the person you're photographing. This is easiest with a self-portrait as you can just point the camera at yourself and spin.

Dappled sunset over San Francisco

I took a sunset walk with weiskind around Bernal Hill in San Francisco on a bitingly cold day shortly before sunset. We were freezing but we watched in pleasure as the sun shot through various holes in the clouds, illuminating various slivers of the city.




While walking back, I said "It would be awesome if the sun hit just that one smokestack." A couple of minutes later, it did.