Action photography is a way capturing and conveying motion. The world around is in motion, and we have to find creative ways of capturing movement in our pictures. Some obvious ways are subject placement, and timing. Another tool that helps to convey motion is shutter speed. *Shutter speed is the main tool photographers have for controlling motion capture and blur. Shutter speeds needed to freeze action differ greatly based on the subject and the subject's relation to the camera. For example, to freeze splashing water you may need a shutter speed of 1/1000 of a second.

Above are two exampled of action photography. In both of them I was freezing obvious motion.