How do I take a digital photo that looks like the subjects are moving?

Question

I want to get a picture of my dogs where they are spinning around -- I don't care if there's some blur -- that's the look i"m going for.

Answer 1

you can use a reverse pan - you move the camera the oppisite direction to the subjects movement and fire the shutter, you can also just use a slow shutter speed - do it in camera - using photoshop will be inferiour

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Answer 2

If you do this with Photoshop or other editing software, you will get a REALLY unnatural looking motion blur

here's what you do. If your camera has the option (you'll have to read the manual for this one, since the way my Nikon does it is different from how my Fuji does it), set it to manual, OR set it to the option to manually control the shutter speed. The shutter speed is the key. It'll show up as a fraction of a second, 1/x the bigger x is the less blur you'll get. You probably want to set it it to 1/30 or less... 1/15 or 1/8 will probably do nicely, but at those speeds you'll have to steady the camera on something or your heartbeat will shake the entire frame (the dogs will be blurry as well as the grass or whatever else is in the background) so brace it against a door frame, a branch, on a chair, or a tripod. You don't need a white knuckle grip on it, just hold it steady.

Well, that's all for now!

Answer 3

What don't you like about the pictures? -Is it the content (i.e. do you want your subject to be more close-up, more in focus, etc.). Close-ups typically work best for people. Play around with the angle you're snapping the camera from. Put your subject near one of the corners; it shouldn't be in the center. Typically the most balanced images follow the 1/3 rule where your main focus is 1/3 away from either the top or bottom and 1/3 away from either side. -If it's the technical aspects (lighting, color, etc) it may be helpful to take a class to show you how and when to use flash, what speed you should use for what you're trying to obtain, etc. Of course you could always use Photoshop to adjust some of these as well. It may help to slow down a bit. Take less pictures, but strive to make the ones you do take good. It'll force you to focus on what you're trying to obtain and hopefully with time, you'll improve. Definatly don't try to interfere or pose the image too much. A lot comes down to knowing when exactly to push the shutter.

Answer 4

Any photo is going to reflect movement when the shutter speed is low and the subject is moving. If you have a nice SLR, you can have some fun with rear sync flash too.

Answer 5

This is what you're looking for:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/curlylocks/393696442/in/set-72157594541775064/

And here is the EXIF info:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_exif.gne?id=393696442&context=set-72157594541775064

I did it with a Canon 350D, 18-55 lens. 0.5 second exposure. Without a tripod.

I did it at ISO 1600 coz it was getting dark. You can use a lower ISO.

Here is one which is done at night with 10 sec exposure:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/curlylocks/333683939/in/set-443658/

And here is the exif of the same:
http://www.flickr.com/photo_exif.gne?id=333683939&context=set-443658


For a day time you can try 0.5 second exposure.

Answer 6

Get your dogs to spin around.

Answer 7

Try turning off the flash. It will make the shutter time slower. Or if you have the ability to change the shutter speed manually... slow it down.

Answer 8

This is a 1 second exposure, taken indoor. Camera was mounted on a tripod (and this is important)

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c317/wtin/9283aabc.jpg

Answer 9

Have the subjects move.

Answer 10

Try photoshop or photo impression, snapfish. Im not sure, just google it. Good luck!