Sure, you may take some gorgeous long-exposure photos by carefully waving around a bright object, but there\’s another technique to it: Light stencils.
Basically all you\’re doing is cutting out a plain stencil, taping some opaque cellophane to the back, and using something like a camera flash to illuminate things, but the implications look awesome. You could look at the detailed instructions for the project over at Flickr. [Flickr via Make]
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