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By Alain Briot 1 – Introduction In the fall of 2008 I started working on a series of images whose main characteristic involved moving the camera while taking the photograph.  This is a process I had tried in Paris in the early 1980s under the guidance of Scott McLeay with whom I was studying photography at the time.  Unfortunately, at that time my attempts had been unsuccessful for reasons we will see shortly. The motivation for creating this series was related to my study and research of color and composition.  Because these images cannot be composed as precisely as non-blurred photographs, and because colors get mixed with other colors when the camera is moved, I thoug...

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Alain Briot creates fine art photographs, teaches workshops and offers DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. Alain is the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography. All 3 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores. You can find more information about Alain's work, writings and tutorials as well as subscribe to Alain’s Free Monthly Newsletter on his <a href="http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/">website</a>. You will receive over 40 essays in PDF format, including chapters from Alain’s books, when you subscribe.
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