Panning the Camera in Palm Springs

Panning a shot of a bicyclist

If you ever want a good shot of passersby on bicycles or any other quick-moving vehicles, set your shutter to about 1/30 seconds and follow the subject while the shutter is open. Panning the camera in Palm Springs is a great way to isolate moving objects so that you can create movement blur in the background, causing the subject to pop out at you.

Bike riding is slowly outstripping playing golf as the recreational activity in Palm Springs.
The number of people who play golf is slowly dwindling as Palm Springs becomes better known for other outdoor activities such as biking, hiking and playing soccer, the later increasing in popularity both because more young people are participating in the sport instead of baseball and football and the growing Mexican population who play the sport at parks throughout the city.

As the golf courses starve for customers, what will become of them if they go out of business years into the future?