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| Published by: Time 01-16-2006 Read Complete Article |
Article Summary
Wondering how to use the over complicated new digital camera that Santa brought you for Christmas? Simple. Stand in the street at night, set the shutter to open for around a second, and then toss your camera high into the air. You may never be able to use it again, of course, but hey – at least you'll be participating in the most fashionable craze to hit digital photography for some time.
Over the past few months, professional and amateur photographers around the world have embraced the hobby of "camera tossing" as the hottest trend in digital imaging. By spinning a camera in the air – and, ideally, catching it afterwards – practitioners are surprising themselves with the abstract patterns of light serendipitously captured on their memory cards. Think of the ornate geometric patterns that can be drawn with a Spirograph toy: colourful, hypnotic and strangely compelling. At their best, the results can be beautifully calming. But don't just rely on these two lines of words to convince you: go marvel at the examples displayed at cameratoss.blogspot.com.....Read Complete Article
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