Light and Movement

A Civil War Battle Renactor races his horse across the field at the renactment of the Battle of Berryville. The Battle of Berryville took place 1/2 mile east of Berryville, Virginia on September 3-4, 1864 between Federal soldiers led by General Sheridan and Confederate soldiers led by General Kershaw. Leading 2400 soldiers, the Federals were strongly outnumbered, pitted against General Kershaw's division of 3,500. Federal casualties were more than double Confederate casualties. This annual Civil War Battle Renactment took place on the Cedar Creek Battlefield in Middletown, Virginia on October 18, 2008.

Tunnel, Baltimore, Maryland

Children ride the bumper cars at the 2007 Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

A photography technique called "focus blur" is used to transform the lights of the ferris wheel into abstract designs at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Carnival ride in motion at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland

A longer shutter speed (4.0 seconds) renders the people walking along this carnival game strip at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair into ghostly streaks and blurs. The streaks in the sky are also people walking past the camera, as the tripod was set at a fairly low level, aiming upwards.

Residents enjoy the games and carnival rides at the 2007 Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

A photography technique called "focus blur" is used to transform the lights of the ferris wheel into abstract designs at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

A combination of photography techniques called "focus blur" and "zoom blur" are used to transform the lights of the ferris wheel into abstract designs at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

A combination of photography techniques called "focus blur" and "zoom blur" are used to transform the lights of the ferris wheel into abstract designs at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

A combination of photography techniques called "focus blur" and "zoom blur" are used to transform the lights of the ferris wheel into abstract designs at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

A photography technique called "focus blur" is used to transform the lights of the ferris wheel into abstract designs at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland.