I'll add that it works even better if you use the autotimer function and take your hand away after you've pressed the shutter button down, that way there will be absolutely no shake from your hand. If you have a manual mode on your camera, that will be the best option for getting a good glowing picture, because you can set exactly how long you want the exposure. Otherwise, night mode with no flash as mentioned will probably be your best bet.
For the glowing alien picture that I posted here, I was in a bathroom with no windows and set him and the camera on the counter. I kept the bathroom lights on for several minutes so the yarn would be "charged". I had my manual settings for an aperture of f2.8, which is the larger aperture on my camera, meaning that it was set to let the most light in; and an exposure of 13 seconds.
Then I pressed the shutter button halfway down to autofocus (I think this is standard on most digicams these days, you can also manually focus if you have that option and like that better). I think most cameras autofocus much better in the light than in the dark. After my focus was set, I pressed the shutter down all the way, took my hand off the camera, and then flipped the lights off (the autotimer also helps here, if your light switch isn't close to where you've set up the camera).
It took me at least a dozen or so tries to figure out what settings produced the best picture, so just keep at it and I'm sure you'll get a lovely picture sooner or later. :)
Wow, that is a really excellent picture of your alien :o I will definitely have to look up whether I have a manual setting (I really haven't used my poor camera much) in case there isn't a fireworks setting or the fireworks setting doesn't work well enough :) Thank you so much! :D
I'll add that it works even better if you use the autotimer function and take your hand away after you've pressed the shutter button down, that way there will be absolutely no shake from your hand. If you have a manual mode on your camera, that will be the best option for getting a good glowing picture, because you can set exactly how long you want the exposure. Otherwise, night mode with no flash as mentioned will probably be your best bet.
For the glowing alien picture that I posted here, I was in a bathroom with no windows and set him and the camera on the counter. I kept the bathroom lights on for several minutes so the yarn would be "charged". I had my manual settings for an aperture of f2.8, which is the larger aperture on my camera, meaning that it was set to let the most light in; and an exposure of 13 seconds.
Then I pressed the shutter button halfway down to autofocus (I think this is standard on most digicams these days, you can also manually focus if you have that option and like that better). I think most cameras autofocus much better in the light than in the dark. After my focus was set, I pressed the shutter down all the way, took my hand off the camera, and then flipped the lights off (the autotimer also helps here, if your light switch isn't close to where you've set up the camera).
It took me at least a dozen or so tries to figure out what settings produced the best picture, so just keep at it and I'm sure you'll get a lovely picture sooner or later. :)
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