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PANNING TO PERFECTION Quick Guide Written by Jenn Mishra

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Panning is a specialized photographic technique. It’s It’s a bit tricky to master, but once you do, your images will have both motion and focus. In this guide, I’ll show you the technique behind panning and what type of subjects work well with this technique. Here’s what we’ll cover: ·  What What is pa pann nnin ing? g?

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WHAT IS PANNING?

Panning a type of intentional (IMB). Butis it’s a particular type ofmotion motionblur blur. The subject is in focus, and only the background is blurred. IMB is created when you move the camera while the shutter is open. Usually, Usually, this means that everything in the image blurs. The image on the left is an example of IMB. I set my shutter speed at 1/15th of a second and panned my camera vertically to blur these trees. In the tree photo, the trees are static. They aren’t moving. A motion effect is created because I moved the camera. It’ It’ss not the same as blurring out the background using a shallow depth of eld. The background appears to have motion.

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Intentional motion blur created by using a slow shutter speed and moving the camera while the shutter is open. My settings were f29 @ 1/15th of a second, ISO 100.

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I’ll also get motion blur if something in motion moves across my frame at a slow shutter speed, such as in the photo at left. Long exposure images take advantage of this. Running water or clouds move across the frame, streaking and smoothing out. Panning takes this technique a step further.. In a way, panning combines further motion blur created by my camera in motion and  a  a subject moving across the frame. In panning, the moving subject is in focus while the static background appears to be in motion. This effect is created by moving your camera at the same speed as a moving subject. If you do this right, the subject will be in sharp focus.

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 Motion blur blur created bbyy subjects in moti motion. on. In this case, a flock of pe pelicans licans moves acr across oss the  frame when my shutter is open. My My settings were f8.0 @ 1/10th of a second, ISO 800.

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