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INTENTIONAL

CAMERA MOVEMENT

If you deliberately move your camera during a long light, but is also good for landscapes and seascapes.
exposure it blurs everything in the image, transforming Panning the camera horizontally or vertically stretches
your subject into semiabstract shapes and colors. out shapes and creates a streaked effect, but you can
This technique is called intentional camera movement move the camera in other ways, too. There are no
(ICM), and is easy and fun to do. It works very well rules, so experiment with the shutter speeds, take
with brightly colored subjects, especially points of a lot of photos, and see what happens.

CHOOSE YOUR LENS SELECT SHUTTER PRIORITY SET THE ISO
ICM works best with lenses that Shutter Priority gives you control Select the lowest ISO on your
are 50mm or greater. Long-focal-length over the low shutter speed you need for camera, so that any motion is captured
lenses will help to isolate particular ICM. Select Tv (Shutter Priority) if you as blur. Avoid using Auto ISO, as this will
areas of interest in the scene. have a Canon camera. Program, with alter the ISO setting and maintain a
Program Shift applied, will also work. relatively fast shutter speed.

SET THE SHUTTER SPEED ATTACH AN ND FILTER SHOOT AND REVIEW
Select 1/20 as your initial shutter The ambient lighting of the scene Look through your photos as you
speed, as it is a good starting point for will determine whether you can shoot at shoot. Try different shutter speeds to see
experimentation. Different shutter 1/20. If your photos are overexposed, how this changes the look of your shots
speeds will produce different effects. attach a standard ND filter (see p.122). and add more filters if necessary.

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