1. A surveillance camera system comprising: a camera having an adjustable field of view and configured to acquire images; and a processing device operably coupled to said camera and configured to: allow a user to define a virtual mask to mask an area of static motion within an acquired image, wherein said virtual mask defines a masked area completely encircling an unmasked area; adjust a field of view of the camera by altering a pan angle, a tilt angle and a zoom setting of the camera with the processing device to automatically track a moving object of interest in the acquired images and to maintain the moving object within the field of view of the camera with a reduced level of regard for areas of the acquired images that are within the virtual mask; and transform a location of the virtual mask by scaling, rotating and translating the virtual mask to align the virtual mask with an acquired image based on the adjustments to the field of view of the camera made while automatically tracking the moving object.