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Deliberate Blurs, This Weekend’s Photography Tip
One question often received regards how to take pictures showing an element of purposeful blurring, especially involving sports and water. I was recently honored to speak on the subject at the DPI-SIG camera club meeting in Naples. A few of the points I covered on this sometimes tricky subject were:
Deliberate blurs add to your nature, sports and street scenes photography. Motorcycle blur by Gordon Campbell www.swfloutdoorphotography.com.
What’s Going On?- low light is your friend and essentially creative blurs occur when the camera moves, the subject or part of moves and or both move to help structure the image.
Shutter Speeds: Your best shots will occur with shutter speeds ranging from around 1/60 of a second down to 30 full seconds and more when shooting after sundown.
Steady Rest- because of these extended times, a rock steady rest involving tripods and other anchors like beanbags plus the use of a self timer or remote shutter release helps keep those subjects within the frame that act as an offset to the blurred areas sharp.
A strong command of these techniques adds to your ability and the portfolio of great photos you’ll eventually take but practice and knowledge are key. Zip me an email or leave a question if you’d like to learn more- Gordon.
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