How to:

This guide is on the vari-zoom effect. This example was taken in Manchester, England at the Manchester Eye.

The idea is to capture commonly photographed scenes in a new/different way and the vari-zoom effect is one way to achieve this. It’s not often you see vari-zoom images and this is surprising as it is a fairly simple method that can create interesting results. Here is a basic step by step guide to achieving this result:

• Set the camera to full manual.
• Use a relatively slow shutter speed, try around 1/3 sec - 1 sec to begin with and an F Stop of f/22.
• Focus using the low end of your lens’s focal range and looking at the centre of the subject.
• As the shutter is down quickly increase that focal distance.

I found dusk/night the best time to try this type of shot as in daylight a slow shutter speed will let too much light in and will give you bright white images. Try experiment with different focal distances, shutter speeds and different subject, maybe fair grounds at night?

I’d be interested to see peoples results so give it a try and post back below =]