Action Photography

Today we learned about action photography. This style was the hardest that I've tried in photography class by far. Action photography is very challenging. The thing about it is that it takes at least ten shots at a time. Out of those ten shots, one will come out legit, two if you're lucky. The trick is what we fellow photography students call panning. Panning is when you move the camera during and exposure to follow a moving object. Panning will only work if your settings are correct. You want to especially make sure your on continuous shot , I believe. For me the challenge was getting the subject at a ninety degree angle, with everything in the background blurry.  This gives it the affect of moving fast, and that's what its doing. This was a very challenging assignment but a good learning experience.