It’s the final week of the challenge! Next year, I’m going to change this to an anytime challenge, so you can sign up for weekly emails starting at any time of the year and work through them at your own pace. Sign up for the list below to get a notification when it’s ready.

This week’s theme is panning. Panning is when you move the camera at the same speed as a moving subject so that the background shows motion. You, of course, have to use a slow shutter speed to show background motion. You can use shutter priority if you don’t know manual, which I wrote a bit about in this post on slow shutter speed. Below are some examples of different methods and I’ve included the shutter speeds as well.

1/60 shutter, f13, ISO 100 – I stood on a merry-go-round with the subjects and spun it around to make the background blurry
1/20 shutter, f22, ISO 100 – I moved my hands/camera at the same speed that the horse was moving
1/100 shutter, f2.8, ISO 100 – I was a passenger in a car going the same speed as the cyclist, hence the higher shutter speed since she was moving quickly

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If you’re just finding this now, you can check out the full list and more information on the challenge here. You can follow me on Instagram at @documentyourdaytoday and use the hashtag #dtd52weeks so others doing the challenge can see your work.