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Motion Blur by Panning by Chris Michaels To capture movement in a photo, blur the background with this tip from Chris Simon Article rating: 4.90

By moving the camera along with your subject, you can blur the background and keep your subject sharper, gaining attention to it.  Keep the shutter open for one second or more as you keep the subject at the same place in the viewfinder.  You'll need to make your camera's aperture stop down a little to make that happen.

Del Mar Race Track, San Diego area © Chris Michaels
   

Panning with Central Park roller skaters, in conjunction with flash, NYC © Chris Michaels
 

Speedboat pan blurred, San Diego Harbor © Chris Michaels

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