Interesting challenge and one I really had to think about. When I first saw what it was I didn’t think I would be able to do this one. It isn’t something that I do a lot. Sometimes I move the camera for fun, but I have no idea where those photos are. I am about to head up to my mum’s place and thought I would give it a miss, but then, I remembered some photos that I took way back in 2010 of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup and thought they might work.
Our host this week is Anne from Slow Shutter Speed and she is challenging us to Intentional Camera Movement. I gather that means instead of keeping your camera still you move it intentionally to get some interesting effects.
As I also said it isn’t something that I normally do, however, I remember when I used to photograph cycling and we would do a lot of panning, which is moving the camera to the same speed as the cyclists so you would get them in focus, hopefully, and the background blurred. It meant you could see that they were moving.
This first gallery of three images shows you how the camera is moved. They were all taken within one second or thereabouts as the cyclists moved along the back straight of the velodrome.
It was a three day event that was held here in Melbourne and I was lucky enough to get accreditation to go and take photos. It was a pretty wild event. In the centre of the velodrome, you are rubbing shoulders with some of the best track cyclists in the world. It was incredible.
Here is another gallery of images from those 3 days.
I would like to thank Anne for hosting and setting the challenge. Please go and look at her post, and if you decide to join us, please include a link to Anne’s post. Her link is at the beginning of my post.
If you would like to participate in this great challenge then go to the following to find out how to join the Lens-Artists Challenge, click here for more info. Don’t forget to put a link in your post back to the host.
Happy you could share these with us, Leanne! Speed and beautiful colours – perfect.
Thank you Ann-Christine, I was lucky I thought of these.
Great photos, which imagine you took with a proper camera. I’m not having much luck with my s24!
Thank you Alison. I did use a DSLR with a fast shutter speed. I haven’t tried it with one of those.
you do this so well too, I like the choice you make a subject.
Not so much anymore, sadly. Thank you so much Ritva.
Super post, Leanne.
Thank you Sofia.
An amazing opportunity to be able to photograph the races from the centre of the velodrome! We loved our visit to the London 2012 Olympic velodrome and saw some very exciting races but there was no chance to get really good photos like these.
It was Sarah, almost had to sell my soul to get that accreditation. lol. YOu get a great view from the middle. It would have been hard to get photos sitting in the crowd. That would have been amazing to photograph there. Thank you Sarah.
Well done Leeanne! I actually prefer the image with a slight blur which show movement but all are terrific!
Thank you Tina, that’s interesting.
Single subject was great idea
Thank you Brian, good to hear.
Well documented.
Thank you Dawn.
What a fun series! I loved that you picked one subject for your gallery. Great images!
Thank you Egidio, I haven’t kept many of my shots from back then, so I was lucky that I had these.
Great, great series. Excellent.
Thank you so much John.
Awesome shots, Leanne!
Thank you PR.
These are great. Very dynamic.
Thank you Margaret.
WOW! Bold color, the movement and the energy all caught on camera.
Thank you so much.
Leanne, I’m so glad you remembered these photos. They are absolutely great. I’ve tried panning and totally failed at it. I think it is the most difficult type of ICM. Thanks for joining in.
Thank you Anne, I’m glad too. It does take a lot of practice, I was doing it constantly, and while I don’t think I ever got perfect at it, I thought I did okay.