{"id":744,"date":"2006-10-20T01:02:56","date_gmt":"2006-10-20T01:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=744"},"modified":"2006-10-20T01:02:56","modified_gmt":"2006-10-20T01:02:56","slug":"15-seconds-of-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=744","title":{"rendered":"15 Seconds Of Exposure"},"content":{"rendered":"

What can you do in 15 seconds?<\/p>\n


\nUse a flourescent table lamp as a lightsaber, that’s what.<\/p>\n

How?<\/p>\n


\nI used two lights for this; the lower lamp has a switch, and I turn it on and off with my toe. The flourescent lamp also has a switch.<\/p>\n

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  1. Turn on the lower lamp (tungsten lamps are instant).<\/li>\n
  2. Run to camera on tripod.<\/li>\n
  3. Turn on 10-second-timer.<\/li>\n
  4. Press the shutter.<\/li>\n
  5. Run back to lamps.<\/li>\n
  6. Pick up flourescent lamp.<\/li>\n
  7. Turn off tungsten lamp with toe.<\/li>\n
  8. Turn on flourescent lamp and wait for it to start.<\/li>\n
  9. Swing the flourescent lamp like a light saber (after the camera has opened its shutter).<\/li>\n
  10. Turn off the flourescent lamp when you reach the end.<\/li>\n
  11. Turn on the tungsten lamp with your toe (for about a second) and then turn it off.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The tungsten lamp should be pointed at your face.<\/p>\n

    Alternatively, if your camera has second-curtain flash\/rear-sync flash (which means that the camera flashes after<\/b> the 15 second exposure) you don’t need the tungsten lamp.<\/p>\n


    \nSwinging the flourescent lamp while it is starting has an interesting effect, too.<\/p>\n

    In other random linkage, there’s this awesome mash-up, where The Silence Xperiment<\/b> has mixed 50 Cent<\/b>‘s rapping with Queen<\/b> songs. I’ve never been a fan of 50 Cent, but having Brian May shred in the background while 50 Cent raps has never sounded better. You get to download the entire album here:<\/p>\n

    Q-Unit<\/a><\/h3>\n

    Do check out the label covers too, they’re hilarious!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    What can you do in 15 seconds? Use a flourescent table lamp as a lightsaber, that’s what. How? I used two lights for this; the lower lamp has a switch, and I turn it on and off with my toe. The flourescent lamp also has a switch. Turn on the lower lamp (tungsten lamps are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geek","category-music","category-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}