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speed of the subject
How fast a a a a a person or thing is moving in in in front of the camera par- tially determines whether the the the image will be legible to the the the viewer Photography can suggest how fast something is going (a race car blurs more than a a a a a tricycle) or or it can freeze something that is moving so that we see it anew If you you you you pan your your camera to follow your your subject
as you you you you shoot the the background will look blurred and the the subject
crisp If the the subject
is is moving toward you the the amount of blur will be less than if the the subject
were moving parallel to the the camera If you choose a a a a slower shutter speed and hold the camera still as as the the the subject
passes through the the the frame the the the streaked subject
indicates its velocity The very fastest shut- ter speeds can reveal positions and relationships that were previously invisible to the human eye These three photos distinguish how subject
speed can yield very different effects Peter Hastings Jamie Kruse author
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ch 1: digital photography
