You’ve likely used the “panorama” setting on your smartphone camera to capture a nice, wide image (you know, the one that turns people into a Cronenbergian monster if you move too fast). In film, the ...

The earliest surviving film is a static shot from 1888 captured by French inventor Louis Le Prince. It’s a snippet showing four people skipping around a secluded garden property in Yorkshire, England.

Motion blur and fast-paced photography used to be the domain of professionals, but the Google Pixel’s Action Pan and Long Exposure modes promise to change that. You may have even seen these modes in ...