Panning is a technique used to convey subject motion. Normally, when a moving object is shot with a low shutter speed, the moving object will be blurred. This shows that there is a moving object, but we cannot see it clearly. To illustrate motion better, what we actually want is to see the moving object ...

After about a year of fumbling around, I now have both of these lenses along with a Nikon D40. On the way, I learned a great many things, so I'll start off with the story. Last year, after buying my Nikon D40, I was delighted at the image quality of the camera and at the same ...

The usual way to isolate a subject from the rest of the picture is to use a wide aperture. This causes a very narrow depth of field around the subject, and the rest of the frame should be outside of the depth of field, hence out of focus. Feeling experimental today? Read on. There is another, silly, ...