Thanks, with the camera I have, I set the exposure time to manual, as well as focus. Through experimenting I'm now able to ascertain the exposure time depending on location and light in the area, so it's an intuitive process in that regard. To create effects, I move the camera in different manners while holding the shutter open, sometimes I change the focus while shooting and sometimes do both at the same time. These particular types of photos that I do are all very in the moment and intuitive. I feel my way so to speak but it's done very fast, so not much thinking other than selecting subject matter, which is also intuitive based.