From the course: The Elements of Effective Photographs
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Techniques for panning
From the course: The Elements of Effective Photographs
Techniques for panning
- There are times that you want to stop action and yet, still convey motion. So the answer for you is to pan. A pan is simply to follow the action with your camera at a slow shutter speed. There are lots of ways to mess up a pan. And believe me, I have done them all. But with a few tips, it'll help bring up your percentage of success with this technique. So the first thing that we're going to do is look for a background that has a nice texture to it. Or gradations of black and white, or great color that will really add interest to your background. The next thing is to figure out how fast the subject is actually going. And adjust your shutter speed accordingly. I like to use between a 15th and 60th of a second for my shutter speeds when I doing a pan. And then, the next thing to do, is to figure out your focus situation. Now if found that using a servo, the automatic focus in servo mode is really all I need to do. And…
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