Some not so recent photos

Over the summer, I took a beginner's photography course and here are

some photos from our practice sessions. Learned

some basic techniques, but I think I will only be able to really use my camera when I am traveling and have time to really get to know what all the buttons and functions are. :)

My cousin joined me as well, but he was sleeping through most of the classes.

One of the first things we learned that we thought was kind of cool, was that you can take photos and twist the lens to zoom at the same time, so that you can see the streaks focusing on the subject of the photo.

I have to admit the photo on the here is by chance only, as it's quite difficult to get a clear shot of the subject because when I try to twist very fast (as fast as the shutter clicks) then the photo usually ends up blurry cuz my hand holding the camera moves too.... hahaha....

Another thing we did was something known as "light painting" and in HK I think it's pretty popular, as I've seen some friends do it. But the thing is that we had a super dark room, whereas it's usually quite difficult to find such a dark room at home, well my room is not dark at all....

So you have to find a pitch black room, then set your shutter speed to 6s, so that it stays open for 6 seconds, and your aperture ..... hmmmm I've forgotten the exact.... hahaha... but just test it out..... and you have to hold your camera VERY STILL if you don't have a tripod, so just tuck our elbows into your side and hold still....

The person "painting" will use a flashlight, and turn it on and point it into the lens of the camera and draw whatever he wants, and the photo will come out as below. It's quite fun! (my prof used a huge light rod so that's why the lines came out thicker.)