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some experimentation with a fashion show, i have seen some lovely examples of panning on a runway i thought i'd try it myself

here is me panning,

manual f20 ISO100 shutter: 1/2, moved the camera left to right vigorously in some cases zooming in and out with the 28-70







this works best if the background has more ambient light


more here
http://www.zeduce.org/fashion/mafw06syd/arty.htm

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Sorry to ask the obvious, but what exactly is panning?

Trieu wrote:Sorry to ask the obvious, but what exactly is panning?

it's when you follow a moving object with the camera
in most cases ti works when you use a slow shutterspeed so your camera is tracking the moving object rendering it in clear view but it also captures trails
depending on how you pan.
In motorsport if you pan in a certain way you can get a moving car sharp and capture motion trails in the background

Wendell - I have to be honest with you, I don't think this style suits fashion photography as it makes it more difficult to see exactly what the model is wearing. It's a different technique though, that's for sure.

Thanks for the info Wendell

Geoff wrote:Wendell - I have to be honest with you, I don't think this style suits fashion photography as it makes it more difficult to see exactly what the model is wearing. It's a different technique though, that's for sure.

i just need to experiment from time to time
as runway can get very monotanous at times
i share because i love experimentation and the colour tones, apart form that there isn't much merit in them

Arty, I think it looks best as trailing as in the third and fourth images you can see both the effect and the clothing.

I like the effect though.

Hi Wendell. Of all of these I think the second works best because you can see her face somewhat, and the streaks seem to work for me.

The others I am not too fussed about.

Cheers,
Owen.

Wendell - you experiment to your hearts content My favourite is the last shot. It looks as if an angel is walking the boards

Last one, you made her burning hot!! She's flaming!!

I've only tried the zoom panning, but not this way of moving the camera around like crazy.. gotta try this one day

Wendell,

Like No.2 and the last one especially. Great work,

Alex

Nice experiment... like the last one especially. You could create some really cool effects with some PP on these.

Had a browse through your site, some great work on there. Am quite interested in persuing this type of photography. Typically what sort of setup do you use for runway photography? lense/flash type etc any other equip?

Michael

I can see this as a useful technique for some fashion shoots, though not something that would ever take over from the more mainstream styles of glamour photography.

I agree with the comments already made here Wendell - some captivating images. Keep playing with it!

I like the last one - the bold colours and the extra statement of movement - great.
Is this with flash as well - rear sync?

Good on you for trying new things Wendell. I really like #4 and #3. I can just see the accompanying article - The Catwalk Hustle
#2 would easily fit into a promotional poster for Smallville
cheers
marco

ONV73C wrote:Nice experiment... like the last one especially. You could create some really cool effects with some PP on these.

Had a browse through your site, some great work on there. Am quite interested in persuing this type of photography. Typically what sort of setup do you use for runway photography? lense/flash type etc any other equip?

Michael

Hi Michael

the 70-200VR is the choice of most runway photographers to get tight and full length for both canon and nikon camps
but i prefer the ease of the 85mm f1.4, some times for arty stuff a wider lens is required like a 28-70 so you can get full length and some of the background audience more of the staging etc

for the 70-200 vr you will need a monopod a flash bracket and a flash but usually i shot available light

high iso capable body is important too so in this instance a canon body is better than nikon as you can shoot comfortably at ISO1200 with minimal noise

and a whole stack of large CF cards is handy

tasadam I use the rear sync flash on the last one, but since the distance of the subject is far the effect was negligable

thanks everyone for the comments, this experimentation clearly requires more attempts to get right

Wendell,
I was expecting pictures of airplanes on a runway . I think this is a "catwalk" ...
Gerard

Wendell,

Great shots specially the last one. With this style of shooting what is "right"?

It's only "right" if you like it. As Chris said experiment to your hearts content and please keep sharing.

Regards