Photo of the Day: Tea Anybody?

Okay, so this picture is interesting. Here is the camera settings before I go on to explain how I took the photo:

Exposure Program: Aperture priority
Exposure Time: 1 / 4
FNumber: 3.5
Focal Length: 28
ISO Speed Ratings: 1600

So that's it. A quarter of a second for exposure at 28mm @ f/3.5 and ISO 1600. Simple enough right? Well, not really. For this photo, it's not just the camera setting that made the shot. It required more work to get the motion blur in the areas around but have an image focused (or close to being focused) to get this image to look the way it is. So what's the secret? Well, I'm not telling. I want this photo to remain unique to myself :)





Just kidding. The secret is to use a 2 second delay to avoid any last minute shake from your hand when taking the photo. During that two seconds, be sure that you are focused and the camera is following the subject. From there, keep following the subject in the same exact area as best as you can. In this photo, I followed the teacup that is in focus by panning the camera to the left at a similar speed that they are moving. This resulted in a motion blur to all the other subjects around the tea cup I focused on and kept that single tea cup in focus. Confusing? Possibly? Somewhat?

Well, try this for an experiment. Sit on a spinning chair and set your camera to have a long exposure at say, 1 to 5 seconds. Anywhere in between should work. Set up your 2 second delay. Now hold the camera in front of you and start spinning. When you have a decent amount of spinning speed (be sure you don't bump your knees on anything), take a picture. When your picture is taken, you should see a result where you are in focus, but see line streaks in the background. This is because there was movement behind you while you stayed in front of the camera.

This same concept goes for how the tea cup picture was taken. Of course, it will be a more difficult task to accomplish, but it can be done. Give it a shot next time you are at disneyland or spot a moving object.

Enjoy!

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It will be available for the next 30 days, so take it while you can. Now, you can ENJOY! :)