At a family reunion in July, I spent some time around a campfire. I hadn't really photographed fire before now, at least not with any degree of intentionality. I explored a variety of different angles, shutter speeds, and focal lengths as I photographed this constantly moving and changing subject. Because this is an exploration of a singular thing, my normal rules of <A HREF="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,9740" target="_blank">culling</A> don't apply. http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-018/364502587_CBjfR-Ti.jpg http://photos.jasondunn.com/gallery/5869168_WnsDH/ 2008-09-02T11:58:24Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 018.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364502587_CBjfR" title="July 2008 Fire - 018.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-018/364502587_CBjfR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 018.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 018.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:53:40Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-018/364502587_CBjfR-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 23:11:23 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 019.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364502754_qLXjR" title="July 2008 Fire - 019.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-019/364502754_qLXjR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 019.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 019.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:53:54Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-019/364502754_qLXjR-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 23:20:05 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 020.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364503012_RK4pA" title="July 2008 Fire - 020.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-020/364503012_RK4pA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 020.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 020.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:54:19Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-020/364503012_RK4pA-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 23:31:19 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 021.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364503170_4Xwy9" title="July 2008 Fire - 021.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-021/364503170_4Xwy9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 021.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 021.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:54:19Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-021/364503170_4Xwy9-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 23:38:26 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 022.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364503435_ULGBc" title="July 2008 Fire - 022.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-022/364503435_ULGBc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 022.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 022.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:54:41Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-022/364503435_ULGBc-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 23:42:05 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 023.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364503621_q7y2W" title="July 2008 Fire - 023.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-023/364503621_q7y2W-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 023.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 023.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:54:51Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-023/364503621_q7y2W-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 23:43:19 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 024.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364503800_E4xbp" title="July 2008 Fire - 024.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-024/364503800_E4xbp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 024.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 024.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:55:02Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-024/364503800_E4xbp-Th.jpg 2008-07-05 22:14:27 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 001.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364503947_qkKq2" title="July 2008 Fire - 001.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-001/364503947_qkKq2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 001.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 001.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:55:22Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-001/364503947_qkKq2-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 22:20:30 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 002.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364504120_73Zph" title="July 2008 Fire - 002.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-002/364504120_73Zph-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 002.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 002.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:55:26Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-002/364504120_73Zph-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 22:22:30 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 003.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364504302_AUcVV" title="July 2008 Fire - 003.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-003/364504302_AUcVV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 003.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 003.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:55:38Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-003/364504302_AUcVV-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 22:22:52 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 004.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364504452_Z9J9d" title="July 2008 Fire - 004.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-004/364504452_Z9J9d-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 004.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 004.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:55:45Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-004/364504452_Z9J9d-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 22:23:43 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 005.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364504589_HBQKp" title="July 2008 Fire - 005.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-005/364504589_HBQKp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 005.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 005.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:55:47Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-005/364504589_HBQKp-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 22:25:40 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 006.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364504773_jEjVy" title="July 2008 Fire - 006.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-006/364504773_jEjVy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 006.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 006.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:56:09Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-006/364504773_jEjVy-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 22:28:23 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 007.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364504983_auSze" title="July 2008 Fire - 007.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-007/364504983_auSze-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 007.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 007.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T14:44:08Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-007/364504983_auSze-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 22:28:52 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 008.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364505468_HxMFo" title="July 2008 Fire - 008.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-008/364505468_HxMFo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 008.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 008.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:57:04Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-008/364505468_HxMFo-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 22:29:10 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 009.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364505621_yPSEz" title="July 2008 Fire - 009.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-009/364505621_yPSEz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 009.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 009.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:56:56Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-009/364505621_yPSEz-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 22:31:01 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 010.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364505824_39xiy" title="July 2008 Fire - 010.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-010/364505824_39xiy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 010.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 010.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:57:26Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-010/364505824_39xiy-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 22:32:58 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 011.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364506044_n3BxF" title="July 2008 Fire - 011.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-011/364506044_n3BxF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 011.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 011.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:57:49Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-011/364506044_n3BxF-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 22:33:25 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 012.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364506309_xncss" title="July 2008 Fire - 012.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-012/364506309_xncss-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 012.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 012.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:58:01Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-012/364506309_xncss-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 22:43:59 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 013.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364506548_ZEhqX" title="July 2008 Fire - 013.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-013/364506548_ZEhqX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 013.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 013.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:58:19Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-013/364506548_ZEhqX-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 23:01:42 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 014.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364506691_EkuRM" title="July 2008 Fire - 014.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-014/364506691_EkuRM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 014.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 014.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:58:26Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-014/364506691_EkuRM-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 23:04:31 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 015.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364506816_hWedQ" title="July 2008 Fire - 015.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-015/364506816_hWedQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 015.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 015.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:58:30Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-015/364506816_hWedQ-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 23:09:12 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 016.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364507027_aswZ4" title="July 2008 Fire - 016.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-016/364507027_aswZ4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 016.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 016.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:58:47Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-016/364507027_aswZ4-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 23:10:57 <p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com">Jason Dunn</a><br />July 2008 Fire - 017.jpg</p><p><a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/5869168_WnsDH#364507203_HY3ej" title="July 2008 Fire - 017.jpg"><img src="http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-017/364507203_HY3ej-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="July 2008 Fire - 017.jpg" title="July 2008 Fire - 017.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-02T11:59:03Z Jason Dunn http://photos.jasondunn.com http://photos.jasondunn.com/Nature/Exploring-Fire-July-2008/July-2008-Fire-017/364507203_HY3ej-Th.jpg 2008-07-04 23:11:14