A short episode where I spent the morning and afternoon practicing motion blur street photography with my Ricoh GRIII and Fuji XT5.
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3 Comments
First of all, thank you for this inspiring video. I enjoyed following you and your camera/s with attentive eyes (and ears).
I really like these types of photos, and not just since I started taking photos myself. Maybe it's because I also pursue another creative activity – painting. These motion blur photographs are definitely comparable to paintings. They are pure ART – photographs with an immense thematic aesthetic. Kind regards – Monika.
Great video james. Will head out this weekend to give this a whirl. Question though. While shooting I 1/8, do u keep the camera perfectly still or are you tracking the motion of the subject in focus as well. Assuming you are keeping still, I am guessing the background is also blurred is because the lens or body lack stabilization? With some kind of stabilization i would expect the background to not be blurred
I was at a Botanic Garden a few years ago and did this with flowers. Just to do something different.