Still image and video production are increasingly crossing over, and photographers are offering motion services to eager clients—from Flash-driven online slideshows to editing still images into simple or complex movie “shorts.” (Kind of like the audiovisual shows of yesteryear on speed.) Providing motion services is a sure way to expand and market services while offering wonderful creative satisfaction.

The business and creative aspects of moving into motion are complex. Let’s not get sidetracked by those right now, but look at three exciting examples of photographers in motion:

• Gail Mooney is an editorial and commercial photographer who has photographed around the world for scores of magazines. “I see myself as a storyteller, and sometimes the story is best told in motion,” Mooney told me of her reasons for getting into movie making even before digital hit town. Mooney’s trailer to her “The Delta Bluesman” will give you an idea of her movie-making prowess.

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