Zoom burst

Zoom burst is a photographic technique, attainable with zoom lenses with a manual zoom ring.

Using the technique involves zooming while the shutter is open with a relatively slow shutter speed, generally below 1/60 of a second. For this reason low light or small apertures are required. It is also possible to achieve a similar effect with either computer software like Adobe Photoshop (after the photo has been shot) or a photographic filter. In these cases the shutter speed can be as fast as necessary.

Photographs taken with this technique are characterized by blurred streaks emanating from the center of the photograph. The effect is nearly identical to a motion blur image in which the camera is traveling towards the subject. For this reason the zoom burst is typically used to create an impression of motion towards the subject.

The term is sometimes attributed to Peter Bargh in his article "Creative zoom bursts technique",^[1] though the technique is much older, appearing for instance in (Peterson 1990).

Footnotes

↑ Creative zoom bursts technique

References

Bryan Peterson, Understanding Exposure, 1990, ISBN 978-0-8174-3711-4
Bryan Peterson, Understanding Exposure, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8174-6300-7

Photographic techniques

Composition	Bokeh Contre-jour Night Rephotography

Exposure	Fill flash Fireworks Multiple exposure Panning Redscale Rollout Time-lapse

Hardware	Digiscoping Fisheye Harris shutter Kite aerial Macro Panoramic Photogram (Kirlian) Stopping down Time-lapse Tilt-shift

Processing	Bleach bypass Cross processing Cyanotype High-dynamic-range (HDR) Print toning Push printing Solarisation Sun printing

Related topics	Lomography Pinhole Polaroid art Stereoscopy

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