Blur and Freeze motion

Sweet Ride | NIKON D50 : EF 92mm : f/36 : 1/40 sec : ISO 400 | 9/8/19 : 12:56pm : Layton, Utah
Light | NIKON D50 : EF 78mm : f/36 : 5 sec : ISO 400 | 9/9/19 : 3:26pm : Layton, Utah

Blur motion creates a photo in which some form of motion is apparent, but the background and/ or other things surrounding it are blurry due to shutter speed while capturing the apparent motion. Simply set your shutter speed to about 40, and take a photo of anything going faster than average running speed. or, set your shutter speed for a longer time (a few seconds at least) and photograph any light moving around in your frame. This style of photo is very fun and easy in my opinion. I got both of these images on my first try.

Suspense | NIKON D50 : EF 100mm : f/4.2 : 1/200 sec : ISO 1600 | 9/10/19 : 6:32pm,
Backyard Fun | NIKON D50 : EF 52mm : f/13 : 1/500 sec : ISO 400 | 9/8/19 : 11:52am : Layton, Utah

Freeze motion is a little harder, but still fun, with the same basic concept. Object is moving, but this time you want to get the full image in sharp quality. As you can see, I had some problems in this challenge. The photo of the volleyball player is grainy, and doesn’t have good quality, because I had to raise the ISO to get the lighting I needed. the one of the girl and the water (actually one of my siblings) I couldn’t quite get the desired outcome because my shutter speed would not go past a certain speed without showing a completely black image (keep in mind I have a very old camera, you shouldn’t have this problem).

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