Panning photography

Follow our guide to learn a panning photography technique that gives you a sharp subject with stunning backgrounds you’ll be proud of.

In this guide, you will find out what panning is, why it's such a great photography technique, and how to do it.

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Panning is a technique where you pan your camera to follow the motion of your subject and render motion blur to the background but capture the subject sharp (see the example below). While it sounds quite easy, it often takes a little bit of practice to master. If you’ve been trying to do a good panning shot, but have found it a difficult challenge for you, the following tips should prove helpful.

I would like to introduce one of the most interesting techniques in photography — “Panning”. Many might wonder and ask:” What is panning?” “Using frying pan?” Answer is no. Panning is very simple, just set shutter speed, aperture, hold your camera and pan along with moving subject (tracking motion with your camera). Guess what you […]

Using intentional camera movement to create some amazing and unique images. While most of us know that panning can be used to capture movement, this technique is also great for photographing stationary objects, or creating artistic, abstract images.