OOMCZ motion

grandmaR

I am in Katy (Houston) visiting grandchildren. We are going to a Karate class or two for the youngest one, and to a pop concert for the middle one and I hope that those places will be condusive to getting motion shots.

We left from the hotel this morning about 4:15 for a 6:15 a.m. flight. I thought I might get some motion shots because it was dark, but this is the only real one that I can identify (I have to wait until June to get the glasses prescription of my right eye updated after cataract surgery and right now everything at a distance is blurred with that eye)

CHANDLERJA

Karate class will be a perfect chance to catch some good motion shots!
Just remember to switch your camera to Tv so you can control the shutter speed! Just play around with different shutter speeds till you get something you like

puzzledpaul

Another thought re a possible shot that might be practical ... is one of the 'get someone to stand still whilst everyone else moves' shot ... using a very slow shutter speed.
Whilst I appreciate this isn't new (what is?), imo if done well, they're still worth doing.

Just a thought as communal areas, such as you're probably experiencing whilst travelling - might offer some potential - and you have a ready made 'stander stiller' at your beck and call, maybe?

pp

grandmaR

Good idea. I am not sure what the conditions in the karate class will be. Apparently the viewing area is cramped. But we will see what we can and do what we can do.

grandmaR

I have a lot of photos from this week (over 1800) but most of them are documenting cemeteries and those don't have much motion in them. I do have a couple from the concert, and about 200 from the taekwondo lessons, but the conditions were a bit difficult. Also I still have some vision problems. I won't get my updated prescription until June.

So these are some possibilities.

Ceiling fan



In the taekwando studio we were sitting behind a big glass window (with a wall about hip high) facing out where the outside studio wall is all windows. It made everything very back lighted. This one shows the kids waiting to do the punching bags and then running back to the back of the line.



This one I tried to follow the motion - not terribly successfully (this is my granddaughter)



Unfortunately, this sparring couple was partly behind the side wall



One of the instructors with another student



Weapons practice (granddaughter on the left of the couple in the back)

grandmaR

I went to another session but it was in the morning and the light was even worse



Sparing - my granddaughter is in black on the left





At the concert, there wasn't that much movement in my granddaughter's solo and the lighting was such that everything with a spotlight was blown out. They did have a couple of dancers



including this woman



who was neither a middle school student, nor a parent

JAG

I think the only one in the bunch that really hit the nail on the head is the first dancer image. Very strong in showing the motion!

grandmaR

how about this one

sapphire73

Glad you had a chance to visit your grand-children in Texas and experiment with capturing motion. The shot of the dancer (not showing up right now), definitely does that.