21 Clever Motion Photos

Capturing motion in photographs is somewhat of a right of passage for new photographers. When you gain enough control of your camera it's something that becomes second nature in the right circumstances. It's also a very cool effect that allows the viewer to get a sense of the dynamism of a scene.

Ironically you can also capture motion in our image by freezing certain elements. If you're interested in learning these skills we also have a great article about capturing motion in photographs.

And to really dive deep you might like to learn about it in the context of Advanced composition. for that, I'd highly recommend you take a look at Kent's guide to advanced composition over on Photzy. He covers motion as a compositional element as well as a stack of other advanced composition techniques that will be useful for photographers of all levels.

But for now let's jump into 21 pictures that convey motion, to give ourselves a little bit of inspiration.

motion street photography — *Copyright Brendan Church*

hair freeze movement — *Copyright Tyler Nix*

grass moving — *Copyright Hans Isaacson*

shimmering water — *Copyright Austris Augustus*

people moving — *Copyright Tadas Petrokas*

intentional camera movement — *Copyright Visax*

concert audience — *Copyright Colin Lloyd*

Advanced composition is a really cool little guide that gives you many different tactics to set the seed and place the elements of an image. It's probably one of the better guides on composition available right now. Kent has done a fantastic job with it. Go and grab it over on Photzy.

long exposure street photography — *Copyright Kyndall Ramirez*

dancer motion — *Copyright Cintia Matteo*

hair in the wind — *Copyright Ilya Shishikhin*

beach at sunset — *Copyright Clay LeConey*

smoke motion photography — *Copyright Engin Akyurt*

flower photography macro motion — *Copyright Dustin Humes*

kids playing motion photography — *Copyright Vazgen Harutyunyan*

twirling white dress — *Copyright Vadim Koza*

Now hopefully that has given you a few ideas on what is possible when conveying motion in a photograph. As I said above if this is a tactic that you would like to incorporate into your own photography then there is no better guide than Kent’s advanced composition e-book. Head over and take a look at it here.