When I was first learning about photography(yes I can remember back that far) I would try everything I heard, read or was told about. One thing was using long exposures and movement within the time the camera shutter was open. With a zoom lens I learned if you zoomed during the exposure on a tripod that you can create this sort of tunneling of light, sort of the star trek going into Warp speed look. If done well you can keep the sceen in the picture too--that is if the scene is bright enough. My experimentation Wednesday didn't get the results I'd hoped for. One I didn't have a tripod and two, the Living Christmas Tree just didn't have the light needed to see the people. But it was still a neat affect, just not for the newspaper. The photo below was a slightly less lengthy exposure but I moved the camera swiftly during the 8th or 15th second exposure and I used my flash to create the motion, but hold enough detail and sharpness in the subjects on the dance floor. It too wasn't really a picture for the paper, but it could've been had it been the best one from the event. It is fun to remember old lessons and even apply them now and then in my daily work. Meadville Tribune photographs by Richard Sayer.