Photography 101

I was looking into one of my pictures folder yesterday and I stumbled on this photo. It's a picture taken with a Canon 40d camera during our trip to Japan this summer. Anyway, I saw this picture and I thought, I had a picture like this sitting on my Pictures folder?

It's not the first time I saw an image like this. You might have seen one too but paid no special attention to it, thinking it might be photoshopped or something. But for me, in one boring weekday night, it just so happens that I ended up reading a Web page about photography tips. That's when I saw the art of Delayed Flash Photography, aka "adjusting the shutter speed." And apparently, it's a technique used if you want to emphasize on illuminated objects' pattern or to give smoothness to fast-moving objects. Take a look at these photos and you'll see what I mean:



So yeah, my "accidental" picture is nothing compared to these. But I'll try working on that. So, if you haven't, the next time you pick up your camera, try fiddling with it and maybe you'll see surprising results.