Photographing Moving Subjects

[nathanau]

Hi there

I recently bought a DSLR camera - have used video before but never a still camera.

I did a search on google last night for camera techniques and found the web site

http://digital-photography-school.com

I then read the article http://digital-photography-school.co...ubjects#author

That looked pretty interesting - and there are some brilliant moving shots on there as examples.

I tried this myself this evening using a flash - my subject was jumping off a fence - i could have used a better background i guess but this is pure experiment.

The article asked readers to post any pics if they did it - im not sure if this is the right area and im first time user here as well but ill upload the picture showing the result i got after having read the article from http://digital-photography-school.com What i like about this pic is that what you see is exactly what i got - it looks like its been edited/photo shopped etc but it hasnt - this is Raw right off the camera.

[DavidWayne]

WELCOME TO THE GANG!!!! this is a great Panning shot!!!! look forward to seeing more of you work!!

[rotty1098s]

It's a great shot! As you said, the background could have been a bit more "interesting". Maybe use the same technique in a more urban area with colored lights in the background.

[fstopMike]

Welcome to DPS! You've done your research and your photo shows you have learned well.

[nathanau]

Originally Posted by fstopMike

Welcome to DPS! You've done your research and your photo shows you have learned well.

Hi there David, FstopMike and Rotty1098s thank you for the warm welcome and comments – I really owe the experience to site - ☺ I spent some time reading and pretty much went out with the expectation it would work lol - Having said that – if I couldn’t work i would have just kept trying ☺

I did take a few prior shots but it was well into dusk and the backgrounds were too dark to show up other than the odd streaming light – that last shot worked as I became desperate lol - so glad it did.

Ill try more again soon and again thank you for the welcome☺