G'day CC
This is one of the 'night-games' I put my students to on a Level-2 photo workshop
- and yes, it takes a bit of practice to get a good 'keeper'
What I suggest for you is
1- go out to your local $2 shop and buy a packet of sparklers, and a bicycle LED front & rear
light set (ones that flash as well as shine)
2- before dinner one night, set up camera on
tripod in back yard, set focus to manual, place a marker on the grass and pre-focus on it, set
aperture to f5.6, set
shutter to "30-secs"
3- after a dinner where you consume lots of good food & wine ......
get your dinner companion/helper to help here ...
4- set camera's self-timer to 2-seconds, while the helper lights the sparkler
5- run and dance like a mad-chook over the top of your marker
6- exchange sparklers with bicycle lights, 'on' and 'flashing'
7- keep going till all sparklers are burned and batteries are flat
8- and by-the-way, you are not expected to have fun with this exercise ......
Regards, Phil
ps [Kane - you might like this as an idea too ~ naturally there are more variations as well]