Controlling Motion

For this assignment I had to control motion. I chose to try a panning shot, catching to car as a still image and blurring the background to show the motion.

Karl Helmgren, 62, has been participating in the Autocross, held by the Chuckanut Sports Car Club, since 2002. Helmgren said his son, Galen Helmgren, got him involved in racing. “I’d been interested in it for awhile, I just hadn’t taken the plunge,” Helmgren said. “Then [Galen] was old enough to drive and so we started doing it.” The father-son duo share the same car – a blue 2007 Subaru STI – but race individually. Karl Helmgren races as number 16; Galen Helmgren races as number 61. “It’s my car, but [Galen] always beats me by a lot,” Helmgren said. At the Autocross on May 1, Karl Helmgren’s best time was 64.526 seconds, while Galen Helmgren’s best time was 62.652 seconds.