Lens-Artists Challenge: Intentional Motion

It’s almost counter-intuitive to move your camera intentionally when taking a photograph, but the effect can be quite arresting.

When I got my first proper DSLR we were living in an apartment in the centre of Abu Dhabi city. I took a couple of photography courses and this is the result of one of the exercises that was set.

With the camera on a tripod sitting on the apartment’s terrace, I aimed it at the night view, which was of a busy road with high rise buildings at the far end.. The effect was achieved with a long(ish) exposure, during which I slowly rotated the zoom lens. Weird.

Lens-Artists Challenge: Intentional Motion