Saidi

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Ashok Hariharan <ashok@parliaments.info> wrote:

On 1/11/10, Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia@gmail.com> wrote:
> I also happen to be a photography fan, but I am yet to buy my first camera..
> as in a real camera for pro photography, as opposed to the one on my phone
> :D Anyway, I hope I don't get kicked out of the list for asking this
> question: do you need a special lens to take a pic like

> this<http://is.gd/64Jc9>or what magic was used to take it??
>

Simon --

You don't need a special lens for this ... neither do you need a SLR,
though your camera phone is perhaps inadequate

All you need is a camera that supports changing shutter speeds (many
cheap point and shoots let you adjust shutter speeds ....).

The technique used in that picture is called "panning" ... the idea is
set a relatively slow shutter speed (not too slow ... 1/50 to 1/400
depending on the speed of the subject) in your camera, point it at
the moving subject ...focus on the object and move the camera quickly
making sure that the moving subject is in the center of the frame and
click in the course of the movement.

Heres a video that explains it ...(hopefully ... i havent watched it myself)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzQacE8z1T0

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