Panning

This weeks technique was called Panning. I don't know how to affectedly and accurately explain the technique of panning, so instead I shall copy and paste from Wikipedia. In Wikipedia, "..panning refers to the rotation in a horizontal plane of a still camera or video camera. Panning a camera results in a motion similar to that of someone shaking their head from side to side or of an aircraft performing a yaw rotation. Or to that of an opening door if the door stays facing one way". SO we basically had to put the camera in TV mode, adjust the shutter speed between 1/115- 1/130, and have the f-stop at 4.5. We had to follow the car with the camera as it was moving and press down on the shutter. At first I wasn't aware of this and the majority of my pictures were really blurry. I was focused on our objective to make sure the subject was in a 90 degree angle. but after a few suggestions from our T.A., I got it down pretty quickly. I wouldn't say this was a hard technique, it just took some practice and playing around. Although this picture isn't precisely 90 degrees, I still like it and am satisfied. Oh, did I mention that it took 404 photos to come out with a few ( 3 to be exact) decent pictures. Yes, yes practice makes perfect, and I'm obviously still in the practice stage as this is not yet perfected, but I shall get there in due time. All in all it was pretty fun. I think the highlight of this experience was people driving by noticing you are photographing them and witnessing the varied reactions. Some were upset, some where happy, some where mutual. The most memorable reaction was when a man gave a thumbs up as he was driving by and my friend and classmate Amanda actually got it on camera. Until next week, lovelies! 

Razo, OUT! *BOOM*  ʕ´•ᴥ•`ʔσ” 

P.S. If it didn't occur to you my last name is Razo.. kay, bye.