{"id":80393,"date":"2016-06-26T15:02:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T14:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=80393"},"modified":"2016-06-22T15:15:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T14:15:19","slug":"panning-for-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the panning technique for interesting travel photography shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Panning is a technique used for conveying movement, particularly with fast-moving objects. Sure, you can freeze these objects using high shutter speeds, but they end up looking just that \u2013 frozen, without any sense of movement. With panning, you deliberately slow the shutter speed and pan the camera to track fast-moving subjects, smoothly swivelling your hips.<\/p>\n

The idea is to keep the subject as sharp as possible while creatively blurring the background.<\/p>\n

This technique needs some practice, and it\u2019s good to try it out during your summer travels, particularly if visiting a colourful place like India or Vietnam. All you need is a camera that doesn\u2019t suffer excessively from shutter lag and a lens that is wide enough to capture the entire scene.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The shutter speed depends on the subject\u2019s speed. Try 1\/30sec or 1\/20sec and moving up or down from there. Begin panning before pressing the shutter, and continue moving with the subject after taking the image.<\/li>\n
  2. You can switch to continuous shooting mode and set the focus points to the part you really want to be sharp. Alternatively, use manual focus and prefocus on the area the subject will pass.<\/li>\n
  3. If something is very fast moving and colourful, like a dancer, try using a slower shutter speed, as a sense of movement and dynamism is key. Ensure that evocative shapes and colours are included.<\/li>\n
  4. Notice how in this image the rider has space to move into. Context is crucial, even if it\u2019s deliberately blurred out. Be sure not to crop key parts of the moving subject otherwise it will look amateurish.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Panning is a technique used for conveying movement, particularly with fast-moving objects. Sure, you can freeze these objects using high shutter speeds, but they end up looking just that \u2013 frozen, without any sense of movement. With panning, you deliberately slow the shutter speed and pan the camera to track fast-moving subjects, smoothly swivelling your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":323,"featured_media":80394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[371],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-80393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camera_skills"],"yoast_head":"\n4 top tips for using panning in your travel photography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We give our top tips for using panning to create interesting travel photography images.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Using the panning technique for interesting travel photography shots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We give our top tips for using panning to create interesting travel photography images.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Amateur Photographer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Amateur.photographer.magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-26T14:02:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/06\/Panning-for-travel.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rosee Woodland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AP_Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AP_Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rosee Woodland\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Rosee Woodland\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/f95a396031978ed0ea69236f11b520a5\"},\"headline\":\"Using the panning technique for interesting travel photography shots\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-26T14:02:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/\"},\"wordCount\":275,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/06\/Panning-for-travel.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Camera skills\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/\",\"name\":\"4 top tips for using panning in your travel photography\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/06\/Panning-for-travel.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-26T14:02:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/f95a396031978ed0ea69236f11b520a5\"},\"description\":\"We give our top tips for using panning to create interesting travel photography images.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/06\/Panning-for-travel.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/06\/Panning-for-travel.jpg\",\"width\":630,\"height\":420},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Technique\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Camera skills\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Using the panning technique for interesting travel photography shots\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/\",\"name\":\"Amateur Photographer\",\"description\":\"The world's number 1 weekly photo magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/f95a396031978ed0ea69236f11b520a5\",\"name\":\"Rosee Woodland\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5feeb1a4d1e56e291627b3f9b7727d89?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5feeb1a4d1e56e291627b3f9b7727d89?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Rosee Woodland\"},\"description\":\"Rosee Woodland developed a taste for adventure at a young age, growing up in a home where camping was the default holiday, and good weather was a vacation bonus rather than a necessity. After bike-packing the length of France in her teens with her family, she started to undertake solo adventures in her 20s. Always a keen swimmer, she discovered a love of wild water 15 years ago, and has since swum the Dart 10k three times, qualified as a swim coach and learned to freedive. She is formerly editor of Advnture.com and deputy editor of Mountain Biking UK magazine and jumps at the chance to swim somewhere slightly muddy and remote, no matter how cold the water.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iswim.likeagirl\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/author\/roseewoodland\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"4 top tips for using panning in your travel photography","description":"We give our top tips for using panning to create interesting travel photography images.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Using the panning technique for interesting travel photography shots","og_description":"We give our top tips for using panning to create interesting travel photography images.","og_url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/","og_site_name":"Amateur Photographer","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Amateur.photographer.magazine","article_published_time":"2016-06-26T14:02:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":630,"height":420,"url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/06\/Panning-for-travel.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Rosee Woodland","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AP_Magazine","twitter_site":"@AP_Magazine","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rosee Woodland","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/"},"author":{"name":"Rosee Woodland","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/f95a396031978ed0ea69236f11b520a5"},"headline":"Using the panning technique for interesting travel photography shots","datePublished":"2016-06-26T14:02:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/"},"wordCount":275,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/06\/Panning-for-travel.jpg","articleSection":["Camera skills"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/","url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/","name":"4 top tips for using panning in your travel photography","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/06\/Panning-for-travel.jpg","datePublished":"2016-06-26T14:02:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/f95a396031978ed0ea69236f11b520a5"},"description":"We give our top tips for using panning to create interesting travel photography images.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/06\/Panning-for-travel.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/06\/Panning-for-travel.jpg","width":630,"height":420},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/panning-for-travel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Technique","item":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Camera skills","item":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/camera_skills\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Using the panning technique for interesting travel photography shots"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website","url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/","name":"Amateur Photographer","description":"The world's number 1 weekly photo magazine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/f95a396031978ed0ea69236f11b520a5","name":"Rosee Woodland","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5feeb1a4d1e56e291627b3f9b7727d89?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5feeb1a4d1e56e291627b3f9b7727d89?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Rosee Woodland"},"description":"Rosee Woodland developed a taste for adventure at a young age, growing up in a home where camping was the default holiday, and good weather was a vacation bonus rather than a necessity. After bike-packing the length of France in her teens with her family, she started to undertake solo adventures in her 20s. Always a keen swimmer, she discovered a love of wild water 15 years ago, and has since swum the Dart 10k three times, qualified as a swim coach and learned to freedive. She is formerly editor of Advnture.com and deputy editor of Mountain Biking UK magazine and jumps at the chance to swim somewhere slightly muddy and remote, no matter how cold the water.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iswim.likeagirl\/"],"url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/author\/roseewoodland\/"}]}},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/06\/Panning-for-travel.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-20 09:57:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80393"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80641,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80393\/revisions\/80641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80393"},{"taxonomy":"product-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-category?post=80393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}