Dancing Illumination

Buying a digital camera was a hasty decision that I never regretted. I've been using my Vivitar film SLR camera regularly till the end of 2008. On processing the films after a trip from Mussoorie, India, I got too upset with the bluish tone and horizontal lines in the images. Within almost no time bought my first digital camera, a Canon Powershot SX10 IS. Initial indoor snaps were good with flash. But I wanted to see it's performance outdoors. What could be better than visiting the picturesque Surajkund handicrafts fair in Faridabad?

The very first of my experiment with dancing lights was the above one. The image of course didn't depict any meaning to my eyes but I loved it.

Abrupt and unplanned movements of the camera produced many such images. I was so excited that I braved the dirt filled air for long time and kept adjusting various exposures. This was the day when I realized that small apertures can do magic. At 100 ISO and minimum possible aperture, the low shutter speed and movement of camera did the magic.

To me, this one is the best among those first pictures of the kind. This one was made by a planned movement of the camera. I wanted the human figures to be recognizable but not prominent. Also, for the first time, it was not a two dimensional movement of the camera. I moved it on a 2-D plane but alongside, walked backwards. However, some magic can never be computed mathematically.