Creating the Feeling of Motion

1. Stop action: freezing the action of motion. Everything is crystal clear. Use a fast shutter speed (1/500 or 1/1000 of a second). Need to be under bright light in order to use that fast of a shutter speed. You can also increase the ISO setting or a large aperture (small Fstop number, F5.6) to allow you to increase shutter speed, but you may trade off noise/graininess. Also, you can use flash. Flash however creates harsh lighting and distance to your subject will have to be close as the light will fall off very quickly as you get further away (ie you can't be up in the stands to catch a player on the court shooting a basket).



2. Panning: Moving the camera horizontally along with the subject at same rate as the subject is moving. Use in sports for runners, car racing, horse racing. You can use a tripod to keep level while you pan. This will create a blurred background but sharp subject. Use a slower shutter speed (1/30 sec). Can use TV mode or Shutter priority mode to set your shutter speed to 1/30. However, you cannot use this long of a shutter speed in really bright light. You can compensate to lower ISO (100 or even 80) and use a smaller aperture (larger number, F16, F22, etc)



3. Blurred motion: this is the opposite of panning. The moving subject will be blurred and the still subjects will be clear. You need a long shutter speed such as a 1/15 or slower. You'll also need a tripod to eliminate camera shake.
4. Free camera motion: Everything is blurry. Camera moves to blur everything. Use a 1/15 of a second or slower and low light.



To achieve slower shutter speeds:
1. Shoot in lower light 2. Use your highest f-stop aperture (F22, F32, etc)
3. Set your ISO for the smallest number (100)

To achieve faster shutter speeds:
1. Shoot in bright light
2. Use your lowest f-stop aperture (F4)
3. Set your ISO for the highest number (ISO 1600)