Photographing Motion by Colin

This GCT Assignment was on Capturing Motion and experimenting with different settings on our cameras to see how we could do so. The four different types of motion shots that we had to capture were Panning, Stopping Motion, Exaggerated Movement, and Blur to Show Movement. These shots all required different camera settings like aperture, ISOs, and shutter speeds.


This technique is called "Panning". Panning requires some versatility in order to capture a good shot. Panning is like moving with the subject to capture an interesting shot. I used a shutter speed of 1/21 of a second to capture this photo of me walking. The background is sort of blurred, yet the subject is quite clear.


This technique is called "Stopping Motion". It's like freezing time, and it makes for really interesting photos. Keeping the camera steady using a tripod is essential to taking a photo such as this one because having shaky and twitchy movement within the photo can cause some severe blurring and it could have the potential to ruin your shot. Shooting a shot like this requires high shutter speeds to completely freeze motion and a good ISO to have a clean photo.


The technique used within this photo is called "Exaggerated Movement". This is when the subject(s) of your photo exaggerate their movements to make it look as if something crazy is happening. In this picture a one student is performing an exaggerated crossover to get past his defender, and the defender is trying to lock the guard down. Their movements make for a really good photo.


The technique used within this photo is called "Blur to Show Movement". This technique is used to show a clear background while the subject is in a blurred state to show that they are moving while everything else stays completely still. Using a slower shutter speed can capture some really good photos that have nicely blurred movement like the blur seen in the photo above.


Here is my slide deck for Capturing Motion.