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Pan pan pan

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Michael Willems

In an aircraft, a “pan” call is a request for assistance without an immediate emergency – i.e. you are lost. Tune to 121.5 MHz, put out a pan call, and some controller will help you figure out where you are, … Continue reading →

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Blur is bad. Always. Or…?

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Michael Willems

Or is it? Indeed not. That is why you have a shutter speed priority (Tv/S). Sometimes you want to show motion, and you do that by blurring things. I took the shot above while panning at 1/15th of a second … Continue reading →

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Need for speed.

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Michael Willems

The need for LOW speed, that is. Not every picture has to be razor sharp. In fact, often, to give the impression of speed and movement, you need to blur parts of a picture. The background parts. You do this … Continue reading →

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Learning technique

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Michael Willems

Today, a tip and a request. First, the tip. How do you learn to “pan” your camera along with a moving object (like a bicycle travelling traversely through your picture)? So that the object appears to not move much, while … Continue reading →

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