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How to Shoot Panning Shots That Actually Look Intentional (Lessons from Death Valley's Race Track)
I’ve been chasing better panning shots for two years. Not race cars or sports, just moving subjects in landscape contexts, dust devils, tumbleweeds, the occasional cyclist cutting through a scene I’m already set up for. My keeper rate was embarrassing. I’d nail the blur on the background and get a subject that looked like it was shot through a shower door. Or I’d sharpen the subject and the background would look like I just had shaky hands.