What is panning?
Panning is when you swing your camera along with a subject, this is a result:
(courtesy of: http://naldzgraphics.net/)
Panning is actually extremely easy, here are some tips on how to do it!
Movement
- Swing your camera in perfect synchronization as your subject
- Hold your ground! Face the main direction where you are going to shoot, but move your shoulders and torso so you can follow your subject
(click to enlarge; courtesy of stepbystep-photography.com)
Your Subject and Background
- Fast subjects going in one direction are the best subjects (a bad example is a subject that is running in zig-zag)
- Choose background carefully, having a sky as a background will still be all blue, having one person will result in a bloob, but too many things in a background will also be confusing
Here’s how I did, now go try it out!
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