# @rodmarphoto on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbn3fuxp5J6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68660869-rodmarphoto-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/54539af9fa.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-04T15:21:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rod Mar (@rodmarphoto) — https://gondola.cc/rodmarphoto

## Caption

Day 8 of my training camp visual journal. After deciding that my work was feeling flat, I decided to try to rekindle my creative spark by posting a photo for every day of Seahawks training camp practices.

Today, I was experimenting with “panning” - a photographic technique where you slow the shutter speed down, then follow your subject as it moves along the plane of focus. The goal is usually to either completely freeze the subject with the resulting surrounding blur adding a sense of motion, or to somewhat freeze the subject, which gives it a more “painterly” feel. 

On this play, running back Jadarian Price breaks through the line of scrimmage as linebacker Patrick O’Connell closes in. When I’m trying to freeze action, I try to shoot with a shutter speed of 1/2000th of second, but for this panning image, I slowed the shutter speed all the way down to 1/13 of a second to emphasize speed and motion.

Practicing my craft is a great passion - it’s very challenging to avoid “safe” shots and to take visual risks, but for me, that’s the way I improve my vision and technique.

Grateful to you all for walking with me on this journey. Hopefully you’ll learn something along the way. Not every image will be perfect but neither is every rep the team takes in camp. Everyone is learning, trying to improve for the season. Thanks for all your comments, questions, likes and follows.

📸: Nikon Z 8 camera, Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 S lens + 1.4x teleconverter, 1/13 sec., f/16, ISO 50

#seahawks #nfl #sportsphotography #nikon #nikonambassador

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sportsphotography, nikonambassador, nikon, seahawks, nfl

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