Phainting (Feyn-ting) is the practice of using slow shutter with or without a combination of camera movements to either isolate and create motion around a subject(s), or offer a study of subjects in motion for a painterly effect.
A hybrid combination of
photography and painting.
Adjective, Phainting: Motion captured in camera by a slow shutter creating painterly style.
Noun, Phainter:
One who captures motion in camera using a slow shutter creating painterly style.
Noun, Phainting: An image of motion captured in camera using a slow shutter for painterly effect.
Adverb, Phainterly. Having the quality of an image capturing motion in camera through a slow shutter for a painterly effect.
Verb, Phainting.
"The
photographer is phainting the ocean waves along the cliffs by the lighthouse."
"The phainting of car lights down the highway
illuminate the traffic patterns."