The exercise is outlined on page 86.

The first order of business is to change the camera shooting mode to manual. Now play around with the settings until you get a good balanced exposure (the camera histogram can come in handy here), trying to keep your ISO level around 100-200 and the aperture as closed (Small Number) as you can to achieve maximum depth of field in our subject.

The idea is for you to be moving with the subject, you then focus on the subject, whilst you and the subject are moving you take the shot moving the camera at the same speed as the subject. Takes practice but you can get some interesting result.

Try the swing, a seesaw, panning, anything so that the subject is in focus but the background is blurred.

When we have a well balanced picture, we need to estimate the correct shutter speed. This is difficult, and depends on two main factors: the speed of the subject and the distance from the subject. The faster the subject is moving, the faster the shutter speed, and the closer you're to the subject the slower the shutter speed.

You'll need to play around with the settings until you get it right. Here are, for reference, average speeds for some objects - start out with these and do your own fine tuning until you get it right: walking person (1/10), bicycle rider (1/20), moving car (1/60). I recommend starting out shooting faster objects because camera shake becomes a larger issue at a slower speed. This step might be a bit frustrating, especially for beginners, so don't give up until you get it right.

Implying motion while zooming is described on page 88 - there is no actual exercise in the book - but it's just a matter of picking a slow SS, finding the Aperture to make a correct in-camera exposure, focus on your subject and ZOOM the lens in or out as you press the shutter. You will need a zoom lens - primes wont work.

You may need the help of a tripod and it may take a few tries to get the right effect. But its fun when you get it

HOMEWORK

Please post 3 examples of “Motion Photographs”.

Please feel free to ask questions. You are encouraged to comment on each other's images!

Hi guys,

Took the picture of the stone that we did on Wednesday and then played with it in Picasa and came up this - let me know what you think

Louise

Been playing on the swings with my friend Tom (no kids around!!) but concentrated on his feet more than anything to get the effect - not sure if it's what you were looking for, but had to put ISO up to maximum due to light.


not got three examples as didn't get much due to the tarmac, so I thought I'd put one of my race cars on as this was the same effect, put this through picassa (now love this!!) - again let me know what you think

Here are my photos for the week ....

First off this a photograph of my feet whilst playing on a swing!!! ... I tried to keep the camera stationary relative to my feet and just capture motion in the background.



This was an attempt at panning whilst Rob cycled round the park ... I think the blurring of the trees and ground imply motion.



Finally I had a go at zooming in whilst taking the picture ... I've also added a shot of the weeds and leaves I was zooming in on ... the zoomed picture is much more interesting than the original scene!

Great splash photo Louise, really like the editing you have done. Your car shot is a cracker, you can see the movement in the wheels and around the car. Great example.

WOW Sam thats a great set of images and perfect examples of motion

Hi Guys

My posts are not very inspiring, but my dog wouldn't play ball today and run around!! Also tried to play on the swings at the park, but Bridget was right, tarmac doesn't show up what you are trying to do. Had to do this in my conservatory in the end, as it ended up raining too!! Talk about bad luck. I did have a go at zooming, but I'm not happy with the results yet, so won't post!!

Louise and Sam, I think your pictures are great!!

Hi Sam,

I particularly like the last one of your photos where your hand looks stationary and there's lots of motion in the background - quite an achievement since I guess you might have been holding the camera with one hand if you weren't using your tripod!!!

Hi guys, lovely photos love the zoomed in shot Sam.

Haven't mananged to tackle this weeks homework yet, but have just put on my metering mode photos on thread week 9 - with a rather silly question!!