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Hinting at motion in a static image

Hinting at motion in a static image

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Hinting at motion in a static image

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When you've made a craft that has moving parts, it's usually a good idea to show that it has moving parts to prospective buyers who might be interested. The way that we control motion, is actually through shutter speed. Our good old friend. One of the three main components to getting great exposure. So we've got these paper pinwheels here. And I want to take a couple of shots. That show off how the range of motion in the pinwheel works. And so I have a little setup here, going to put this one away. And we've got our trusty fan in the background that's going to provide some wind, so we don't have to pass out blowing on our pinwheels while we're taking a shot. And I've got my tripod because I want to be sure that everything else in the frame is perfectly still. That way it doesn't look like the pinwheels are moving just because of an accident or because I had a little camera shake, I was feeling wobbly. The tripod's a great tool for showing motion with shutter speed. So, I'm going to…

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