Artistic Blur

Pine tree branch in the snow

This month's Exploring with a Camera exercise is about

Artistic blur!

This is much more difficult than I thought!

The  above effect was created by using a long shutter-speed with a small aperture.

 I also put the camera on manual mode

to create the amount of blur I wanted.

I sometimes  used 'intentional camera movement' 

using the direction in which I found gave

the most harmonious effect.

All the photos were taken with a 50mm f/1.4 lens.

Could this be a gale force wind  in a blizzard?

You can tell in which direction I was moving my camera for this composition.

If you look carefully, you can see the benches and a park lamp.

These first shots were taken in my local park this morning

and it was cold work, so I went inside to warm up 

before a second outing.

How about blurring up a picture

I have in my home?

Then into the bedroom 

to move across the turquoise duvet cover

and the bed spread.

Into the office

to play with the coloured files!

A Mother-of-pearl shell 

in my living-room.

After warming up at home with a hot drink,

I returned to the park to capture this lamp.

Then I noticed some people going shopping with their umbrellas

to protect themselves from the still falling snow.

I like this one of the lady dashing along

down the hill to the shops with her

shopping caddie.

And how about this one with her shopping bag

and cheerful yellow umbrella

creating a scene reminiscent of Impressionist painters?

Kat Sloma

from kateyestudio 

has organized this very interesting

and instructive exercise in photography.

Check out her site and the work of others here: