Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Motion Blur

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Don't you love those pictures where moving objects are in focus but the rest of the photograph is blurred due to their motion?! The way to do this is to actually move or "pan" your camera with the subject that is moving while focusing on their face or whatever part of the subject you want to be the sharpest. Choose a slower shutter speed to get the amount of blur you are looking for. I shot this one in Shutter Priority and chose 1/30 of a second.

It takes some practice to get it right. Even in the picture above, I wish her face was a bit sharper, but thought you could tell what I was going for so I kept it. Get out and practice this; it just might be an upcoming assignment (hint...hint)

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