Shutter Photo [flames]

The shutter photo was especially difficult for me. It was a battle to adjust my camera settings to a slower shutter speed but an outright war between myself and the flaming match. As I balanced my camera in one hand and set the match alight I tried several different movements including up and down, side-to-side, and even diagonal (corner to corner). I wanted to show the movement the camera could catch with its' slow shutter speed but not too much that the screen was completely overpowered by the flame. With this photo it was purely trial and error. After a few hundred photos taken and a few burnt fingertips I chose this photo because it shows a certain quality my others did not. You can see movement as well as its source, you also are given large contrasts between the light and the dark in this photo, really emphasizing the flame.