
Circular motion, handheld.
There are so many ways to use a slow shutter speed for creative effects. Today I set up a white piece of foamcore behind some flowers held by a plamp.

Up and down, texture overlay
Then I moved the camera handheld up, down, around… all different motions.
You get all different effects. Since I enjoy creating greeting cards, I did some where I had plenty of white space too.
I also put the camera on a tripod and moved the flower with my hand in some of the images. Generally I’m shooting at 100 ISO with 1/3 second and f/8. My lighting was from an overhead tungsten bulb and two softboxes’ modeling lights… no flash.
Nice looks to the flowers. Thanks for sharing your settings and techniques. This will go on my must try list for 2016.
Thank you Doug! Have a wonderful and creative 2016!
Susan
I will definitely try this! Thanks! Happy NY! Sue
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Sue,
Thank for your note…. wishing you a wonderful and creative 2016!
The possibilities are endless with this technique and nice surprises from the experimenting. Try different backgrounds too. I like using the white so I can add overlays afterwards much of the time.
Susan