On the Move!

Short tutorial on how to achieve a motion blur using your camera:

If you're looking to produce motion lines in your imagery, here is a short tutorial.  See the image above of London Taxis. The technique seen here is pretty much the old fashioned "pan with the camera & shoot" method. The exposure was around 1/8 second and aperture around f-22. (The aperture is not as critical, but we use that to control and bring the shutter speed to the desired setting.)

You can see the direction the camera was panning by looking at the "sharper" taxi (i.e., moving in the direction of the sharper taxi). If you move your camera at the same speed as a moving object, you'll end up getting the moving object in focus and everything that is still or moving in the opposite direction will get the "motion blur" treatment. Note: If your shutter speed is too fast then there is less motion blur and the dynamic of the image completely different (and probably not so satisfactory.)

Please check back with us as Picibee continues to add to its "Buildings in Motion" gallery under "Places" on the site. These and our other cool abstract backgrounds offer a great backdrop for product imagery and CGI needs.