Putting the camera on a slow shutter speed creates motion blur- this is a relatively simple technique used to show motion. Today a slightly more advanced technique was introduced- panning to create a focused object, while letting the background blur to give it the look of motion.
It took quite some trial and error, but eventually, I did manage to pull it off! My problems at first included overexposure (it was a beautiful sunny day) and completely missing my subject (Mr. Bush is awfully speedy) as well as taking the picture preemptively, as in only getting half of him in the shot (my button-pushing finger can be pretty speedy, too). I got the hang of it after about fifteen junk photos, and in the end, I had two that turned out well. The composition of the one below I particularly liked.
Overall, I learned how to synchronize my picture-taking with a moving object, and how to compose it beforehand to some degree, so that it turns out halfway decent. Oh, and there's that one lesson again of not giving up when you try something new... my goodness, that comes up a lot in photography, doesn't it!
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