Light Painting

This is what photography is all about, that is, using light to your advantage. :D

As it seems, not everyone knows how to tinker with the dials and buttons on most digital cameras, so most shots are fired with the usual setting-- Auto + Direct flash. And if you haven't noticed it before, this is the usual setting they use when they take a photo of you for your driver's license, or worse, when police take a mug shot of you. Not exactly the best combination when taking outdoor shots at night. That's where the slow shutter setting comes handy. You just mount the camera on a tripod, fire away and let the light "paint" the picture for you (for about 5 to 10 seconds).

Or, you can get crazy with "light"--flashlights, LED lights, blinkers, the works!--and craft up a creative night shot, just like what these guys did:

So there! Get creative!

For more ideas on light painting, you can check out this cool gallery at Creative Nerds by clicking here.

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Henry Lim Photography

I have come across this photography aphorism on the world wide web just one too many times:

"It's the Indian, not the arrow."

In a nutshell, it means one can get amazing shots regardless of the camera gear used because the key to getting good photographs is within the photographer's ability to capture a moment, or tell a story within a frame. Etc, etc. And with that said, I think Henry Lim was able to bring out the essence of that little phrase with his impressive gallery of photographs taken with a Sony Digital Camera. This was between 2002 to 2005 when camera megapixels were merely borderline 4. Here are some samples of his fabulous shots:

Give this man a DSLR!

To view the rest of his gallery, click here.

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