I went camping with my family in the beautiful Northern PA countryside, near the finger lakes.

To celebrate the longest day of the year, I found a stick about my height and lit both ends of it on fire. It was similar to the staff that I use in Tang Soo Do, so I messed around with various techniques. Particularly, I really enjoy doing the figure-eight technique where you essentially spin the stick in the shape of an infinity sign.

So, I mounted my camera with an ultra wide lens on a tripod and did several long exposure photographs. The shutter was open for ~20 to ~30 seconds.

In hindsight, this was certainly not a safe thing to do!

I’m glad I didn’t cause a forest fire.