I sincerely hope I can get another photograph like this one day, zooming in on the spinner so that we see multiple versions of him within a spiral of fire. The first problem with using zoom like this is that you need a long enough exposure to work the zoom, pausing a couple of times. But a long exposure and flames means and overexposed image. The second problem is that you need to have a reasonably good idea about what the dancer is going to be doing during the exposure.

Evolution of technique, a journal about people, fire, lights and camera. How I got into making camera moving designs light and fire paintings.

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I sincerely hope I can get another photograph like this one day, zooming in on the spinner so that we see multiple versions of him within a spiral of fire. The first problem with using zoom like this is that you need a long enough exposure to work the zoom, pausing a couple of times. But a long exposure and flames means and overexposed image.

The second problem is that you need to have a reasonably good idea about what the dancer is going to be doing during the exposure.