Samantha M - Metronome

This is my picture simply called “Metronome”. It was taken in an afternoon with my Canon camera after I ran down to the basement to try and get a shot of a metronome with two hands instead of just one. A spark of creativity had hit, so I didn’t wait until night when it was darker. My impatience said it had to be done right then. Unfortunately, because I was so impatient, I attempted several times to bring my creative vision to life but it never fully came to be. The yellow light seen was the light painting app I got for iPhone. I could never get my hand out of the shot, as seen with the red smudge at the top. The time to take this shot was around 20 seconds. After ten seconds I moved the dial to a different location, but it never was solid or clear like I had envisioned. If I spent a little more time and patience to get this specific shot, I am sure I could remove my hand smudge when taking the physical shot and get the dials to be clearer. My original goal was to get an “M” shape.