Things You'll Need:
- Camera (an SLR is best for this)
- Tripod
-
Step 1
Pan your subject. When photographing a moving object, move your camera so that the subject remains in the center of the frame. Shoot the picture while the camera is moving and if this is done correctly, the subject should be in focus and the background and foreground should be blurred, thus creating the impression of motion. Don’t forget that a slower shutter speed causes the background to appear more blurred.
-
Step 2
Shoot a moving object with a camera in the fixed position. This creates the opposite effect from Step 1. This time the subject will be blurred and the foreground and background will be in focus. Again for more dramatic effects use a slower shutter speed.
-
Step 3
Move the camera as you shoot. When you do this everything will go blurry. You can control this by how fast and how far you move the camera to get an image that is just slightly out of focus or one than is nothing but a lot of long colorful streaks.
-
Step 4
Mount your camera on a tripod in a busy place and make a time exposure. Again you need a camera with adjustable shutter speed and aperture to get the desired effect. This is a great project for the nighttime, when you can point your camera and tripod at a busy street or the night sky and achieve some fascinating blurred effects. By the way a time exposure of the night sky without the moon present can last for hours, while with the traffic picture an exposure time of around a minute might work.
