How to take photos from cars, trains and planes

There are a few things to bear in mind if you think of shooting out of the window of a moving means of transport:

Motion Blur:
If you take a picture out of the side window of a fast moving car or high speed train, the result will be as blurred as if you were standing still while a car or train was passing you by. What matters is the speed of the two objects relative to each other.

When you shoot out of the train or car, the closest objects will be blurred most, the ones in the distance will be blurred the least. How do you cope with this?

Simply increase your shutter speed, as you would do to freeze the movement of a fast moving subject. A photo taken at 1/1000 s will be much less blurred than one taken at 1/60 s.Usually, it’s best to set your camera to time or aperture automatic so you do not have to fiddle with the settings for each photo.

This will lock in either a certain fixed exposure time, or a wide open aperture, providing the fastest exposure times possible with this lens opening.

Another aspect of motion blur is that it will be much more pronounced when shooting from side window than out of the front or back window. Read more of How to take travel photos from cars, boats, trains and planes.