The Earth is constantly moving and so are the things around us. Dynamics is a part of life and being a photographer you will often face situations, moments and objects that you would want to freeze in your frame. Framing and clicking still objects is a tough task but framing and clicking moving objects is tougher. Apart from the camera equipment one requires quick reflexes, expertise in framing shots and good timing to click moving objects. Motion can be captured through photography in various ways. Either you can freeze the moving object in the frame along with everything else in focus or keep either the surroundings or the moving object in focus. The first one is called freezing motion and the latter is called capturing motion blur.

When it comes to the camera requirements, freezing motion on your film is all about playing with the shutter speed. The shutter speed decides the amount of time which your film will be exposed to light, and if you open the shutter for the right amount of time for the motion to be captured on your film or sensors, then you have got it!

For motion photography you should always keep high shutter speed which is usually as high as 1/300^th of a second. At this speed you will be able to capture an object with a medium speed and capture its motion with respect to the surroundings. For very high speed moving objects keep the shutter speed above 1/1000^th of a second. Always remember to increase the shutter speed with the increasing speed of the object to capture its motion. Since motion photography requires high shutter speed ensure that you have ample light as your exposure time reduces with high shutter speeds.