Today I played around with different shutter speeds to photograph Shawn in his wheelchair. I wanted to show the motion using the blurring effect of a slow shutter speed instead of freezing the motion. In this case freezing the motion looked like a posed still shot.
If you want to try this, just keep in mind when blurring or panning your shots, that it works best when the blur is in focus. Typically on a sunny day when you are blurring at 1/60 second or so, you get great depth of field (f-16 or better), which helps to ensure that the blur is in focus.
I've always been a big fan of panning and blurring motion. I started using the pop-n-drag effect when shooting mountain bike races deep in the woods where there was little light. Pop-n-drag is when you have a slow shutter speed of about 1/30 second and you pop in a bit of fill flash (about -1 stop) on your moving subject. Depending on the situation, you may need to experiment with your exposure. I just love the look of shots that show some motion. When the background has lots going on, it's a good way to eliminate distracting details.
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