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 ...

We all know the shot: Perfectly framed racecar that’s perfectly framed against a blurred racetrack, sense of speed and motion overwhelming. They’re known in photography as a panning shot—because the ...

A sharp focus against a blurred background adds dynamism to a composition. Photography is an art form that allows one to capture fleeting moments in time, preserving the essence of motion and emotion.

When photographing a moving subject, a photographer in most cases tends to want to stop, or ”freeze,” movement. This is done by using a short-duration shutter speed. Action photography calls for a ...

With stunningly fast shutter speeds, today’s cameras can stop almost any motion. But some subjects—such as race cars and babbling brooks—become more interesting when you emphasize their motion, ...

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, ...

Are you looking for a way to take the coolest photos at your kids’ track meet? The pan-motion photographic effect can make them look like they’re the Flash. This photo was taken with a shutter speed ...

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 ...