Panning photography

Follow our guide to learn a panning photography technique that gives you a sharp subject with stunning backgrounds you’ll be proud of.

In this guide, you will find out what panning is, why it's such a great photography technique, and how to do it.

Motion blur from slow shutter speeds and panning with the subject is a technique often used in sports photography

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Motion blur is the apparent streaking of rapidly moving objects in a still image or a sequence of images such as a movie or animation. [mainimage] When you see a picture that showcases a motion blur in action photography, you may think only professional

I would like to introduce one of the most interesting techniques in photography — “Panning”. Many might wonder and ask:” What is panning?” “Using frying pan?” Answer is no. Panning is very simple, just set shutter speed, aperture, hold your camera and pan along with moving subject (tracking motion with your camera). Guess what you […]

What an incredible week! I have been literally gasping over all the entries that came in! Narrowing down the selection to just 11 was nearly impossible!! I had 35 that I just loved before the week was even up! I had to leave out some images that I absolutely adored! This is no easy task, but I did want to represent all the various ways to capture motion. Thank you so much to everyone who submitted for all the inspiration--you guys ROCKED this theme!! Jennifer Brandon Photography I adore the…

Photos taken with a camera do not represent a single moment of time. Due to technological constraints these shots stand for some scene over a brief period of time. This time frame depends on the camera's shutter speed. In motion blur, any object moving with respect to the camera will look blurred or smeared along the direction of relative motion.

After about 10 attempts, I finally got the panning shot I wanted as this cab passed through Time's Square in NYC. Nikon D70/Nikkor 18-70mm (I was leaning against a light pole for stability) www.brandonjpro.com