There are a number of ways to show movement in photography. One of my favourites is when you capture a moving object with a blurry background. The idea is to make sure the subject of the photo in the foreground is focused and the background is a rush of blur.
- You don’t need a tripod for this technique. Instead you need to pan your camera making sure you match the speed of your subject.
- Slow your shutter speed down. I used a shutter speed of 1/40. This helps with creating the background blur. The reason the subject is focused is because I have moved the camera to the same speed as the subject.
- The slower the shutter speed the more light you are letting into your lens so you have to compensate by decreasing your aperture so that less light gets in (that’s a higher f-stop setting). Also make sure your ISO setting is low. You don’t want an overexposed photo.
- It helps if you have a cooperative and energetic participant to help you get that shot. If you don’t get it right the first time you can always get them to run past again. Thanks Liam.
- It can also help if your camera has a continuous shooting mode so you can take a series of rapid fire shots and then just select the best one.
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