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Setting the Scene – Intentional Camera Movement (ICM)

Lisa Michele Burns — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 02:53:10 +0000

Intentional Camera Movement – ICM Photography: Learn how to create beautiful blurred motion! Blur in photography isn’t usually a good thing. We all want sharp, clear images with plenty of detail to showcase the subjects and scenes we’re photographing. But. What if the blur was intentional!? Sometimes it’s all about letting go of the rules and seeing what happens. Panning is a creative technique that can sometimes be overshadowed by long exposures or traditional landscape compositions. The combination of working with movement, colour and light can really test your abilities as a photographer but once you’ve got the hang of it, you’ll find it’s a fun way to capture a scene and incorporate some blur of the good kind! Rather than locking focus on an individual subject and panning to ensure it stays sharp while the surrounding area blurs, let’s take a look at panning to produce an entire image in motion. Photographing seascapes is a great way to test this technique so if possible, venture down to the beach or an open area to give it a go. Below are some tips on settings, gear, light and composition then you’ll find a collection of sample shots with the settings...

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Setting the Scene: Creating Star Trails with Live Composite

Lisa Michele Burns — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:12:36 +0000

How to Take Star Trails The magic that exists once you learn how to capture astrophotography and star trails is immeasurable. Astrophotography is about capturing long exposures that bring out the available light and showcase stars and world above. Star trails go one step further, blending long exposures together to actually capture the movement of the stars in relation to the earth’s rotation. Photographing astrophotography is something that took me a while to get the hang of because it’s so very different from photography during the hours of sunlight. It also requires a lot of patience, research and technical skill in order to capture clear and striking images of the night sky. For this month’s Setting the Scene I’m going to share how to capture star trails using the Live Composite mode found on Olympus OM-D cameras. It’s one of, if not the best feature I’ve discovered since shooting with my OM-D E-M1 Mark II and has changed the way I photograph at night. Long exposures are one thing, but blending these exposures together to form an image that incorporates a series of light trails and movement is SO addictive. Let’s get started… Planning the Shoot One thing that will...

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