Still working on it {photography}

I've been working on learning how to get the most out of my Christmas Tree pictures. I'm learning. But here are my latest.

I also had read an article about panning (when your moving subject is in focus but the background is a blur). I decided to experiment and try it out. And honestly I think for my very first try I did pretty okay. Of course it was on my kids that don't move that fast. I'm sure if it was a car or something I would totally screw it up, but this is a start right?





I don't know what the opposite of panning is called, but we tried that too. The background is in focus and the subject blurred and moving.