Mastering Panning - Photographing Moving Subjects

[Suhit Gupta]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/mastering-panning-to-photograph-moving-subjects/' target='_blank'>http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/mastering-panning-to-photograph-moving-subjects/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Last week we introduced the topic of shutter speed and looked at how increasing and decreasing it can have a significant impact upon the images we take - particularly if the subjects in those images are moving. Today I’d like to take a brief look at a related topic - that of photographing moving subjects by ‘panning’. Panning is a technique that can produce amazing results (if you perfect it…. or get lucky) but is also one that can take a lot of practice to get right. The basic idea behind panning as a technique is that you pan your camera along in time with the moving subject and end up getting a relatively sharp subject but a blurred background. This gives the shot a feeling of movement and speed. It’s particularly useful in capturing any fast moving subject whether it be a racing car, running pet, cyclist etc."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/panning.jpg" /><br /><br />Bookmarked! Fantastic article on the techniques you should use when photographing moving object. Recommended reading.