Comments on: How to Use Panning to Make Your Photography Come Alive http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/12/28/how-to-use-panning-to-make-your-photography-come-alive/ Photoshop, Lightroom, and Photography Tips for Photographers Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mandy http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/12/28/how-to-use-panning-to-make-your-photography-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-62165 Mandy Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:51:31 +0000 http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/?p=12361#comment-62165 Thank you so much for sharing this technique with us! I have always wanted to try it out and now that I know how I am excited to practice some more!

]]> By: Nikki http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/12/28/how-to-use-panning-to-make-your-photography-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-62126 Nikki Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:22:01 +0000 http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/?p=12361#comment-62126 Dave, thanks so much for this informative tutorial. I had never tried panning before and just tried the technique by photographing my son as he rode his bike around the backyard.

]]> By: Erin Lenore http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/12/28/how-to-use-panning-to-make-your-photography-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-61590 Erin Lenore Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:13:55 +0000 http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/?p=12361#comment-61590 Right now it’s the Canon T1i, my 50mm 1.4, and 2 kit lenses. Hoping to get the 5d Mark II and 35mm 1.4 very very soon!!

]]> By: Jen R http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/12/28/how-to-use-panning-to-make-your-photography-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-61011 Jen R Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:22:53 +0000 http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/?p=12361#comment-61011 WOW! What a difference the panning makes. Thank you SO much for all the tips and techniques. I love photography, but I am a newbie – and need all the help I can get. THANK YOU!! :)

]]> By: Cho http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/12/28/how-to-use-panning-to-make-your-photography-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-60545 Cho Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:31:37 +0000 http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/?p=12361#comment-60545 The hardest thing I found with panning is to keep the subject “sharp”. Even tho, my subject is still clearer than the blurry background, it is not quite intact and has its own tail from shaky hands during panning or different panning speed from the moving speed. Any suggestion to resolve this? Or just practice more?

]]> By: mcp guest writer http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/12/28/how-to-use-panning-to-make-your-photography-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-60540 mcp guest writer Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:16:06 +0000 http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/?p=12361#comment-60540 Hi Becky. This is all done in one picture so not photoshop. What you do is keep the subject in focus by ‘panning’ along with them at a steady speed. Because of the slow shutter speed you are blurring the background as us are moving while it is still taking the picture. If you have your timing correct with the subject you are panning they will be reasonably sharp. I would recommend putting your camera on burst mode so you can capture a few as you will probably only get 1 keeper. Feel free to ping me if you have additional questions.

Thanks for the comments everyone else, glad you like it.

]]> By: Jordann http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/12/28/how-to-use-panning-to-make-your-photography-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-60528 Jordann Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:00:36 +0000 http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/?p=12361#comment-60528 Awesome. Thanks! I just tried this out at my desk… with a waterbottle flying across my workspace. Haha. I couldn’t resist! Love all your blogs, thanks for the constant advice and awesome resources. Much appreciated.

]]> By: Becky http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/12/28/how-to-use-panning-to-make-your-photography-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-60527 Becky Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:16:08 +0000 http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/?p=12361#comment-60527 These images are great and I want to try my hand at this. I do have a question and it may be a “dumb blonde” question, but I’m not clear about something. So when you have turned to the left and are following the subject, do you do rapid fire as in keep clicking the shutter? Follow the subject as they move across you and keep clicking the shutter to keep capturing images? Then…to get the blurred background do you merge the images or what? Or when you start clicking, will each image have the subject clear and the background blurred? I guess I’m not exactly following how you achive this and I want to learn how! :) Thank you so much for your help with this!

]]> By: Dusty Dawson http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/12/28/how-to-use-panning-to-make-your-photography-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-60524 Dusty Dawson Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:57:34 +0000 http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/?p=12361#comment-60524 Love your explaination of this technique! I’m gonna try it out at the horse race track. Once again you inspire me to go out and try something outside of my comfort zone. THANKS!

]]> By: cord http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/12/28/how-to-use-panning-to-make-your-photography-come-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-60523 cord Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:21:39 +0000 http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/?p=12361#comment-60523 Great article, never really tried panning , but you inspired me to try it out. Thanks.

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