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I hope you can help me find the kind of resource I need. I want to learn to use my own camera, Its Nikon P510, I have the user guide and of course it teaches how to use it. But what I want to learn is how to make those kind of pictures like:
I wonder if there is any website that tells me do this, change this parameter for this effect, change this other parameter for that effect
Thanks a lot for your help
Keywords that you are probably looking for are: Long exposure photography, tripod photography, panning, exposure.
Here, here and here I have found some tutorials/information about this subject.
To answer your questions in short:
1: You will have to set you camera to 'manual' (M) or 'shutter mode' (S or Tv) and have to select quite a long exposure (in seconds). You have to use a sturdy floor (could be achieved by using a tripod). By using the self timer of the camera you prevent moving the camera and adding camera shake.
2: You have to find a subject (a person for example) that stands still, another object (a train for example) has to move in the background. A moderately long shutter speed is needed and you could consider using a tripod.
This type of photography (just like any other type of photography) requires 'trial and error', then you will fully understand and master it.
I think that this site is actually a good resource for finding the information you are looking for. If you want to know about how to do a particular style of photo, you can simply ask about that style and we should be able to provide you with the help you need. If you are able to post a sample of the kind of look you are trying to achieve we can do an even better job of making sure that we know what you are looking for.
