Fast-paced action can be one of the trickier genres of photography to master. You need quick reflexes to autofocus and change settings on the fly, but there’s a huge sense of accomplishment when you ...

Cameras are very good at freezing moments in time. Browse through your photo collection, and no doubt you’ll have lots of examples in which a fast shutter speed captured an instant and preserved it, ...

Photography is an art form that allows one to capture fleeting moments in time, preserving the essence of motion and emotion. Among the techniques to convey movement is panning. It stands out for its ...

Have you ever wondered why still photography is thriving even though it’s so easy to capture video with our smartphones. I’d say it’s because there’s something endearing in the knowledge that a photo ...

Photographer Chris Bray shares his tips to take a perfect panning shot – where the subject stays sharp even as it sprints. A GREAT PANNING shot balances movement with sharpness and clarity. The key ...

In photography, shutter speed is a common term used to discuss exposure time - the effective length of time a camera's shutter is open. It is measured in seconds or more often fractions of seconds.

Last week I talked about aperture, depth of field and how to use them to your advantage. Today is about aperture’s kissing cousin: shutter speed. Like aperture, shutter speed controls the amount of ...

The variables we need to assess when panning are the speed of the subject and the shutter speed. No doubt someone has devised some software to compute all this, but really in the field it's not quite ...

Panning is a technique that can help you improve shots of fast moving objects vastly. When done right, panning will help to keep the subject of your shot in focus, but nicely blur the background to ...

What's panning? It's the photo technique that seems to freeze an object in motion against a blur of background movement. Learn how to execute a proper pan with these tips. Photo by tinou bao. Slowing ...