Unit 4 Activity 5

In this activity I was required to capture pictures with a mixture of still and motion objects. Anyone can tell the still objects are the objects that are in perfect clarity. While, the objects in motion are blurred. This activity was surprisingly difficult. I had to set the proper shutter speed to make the moving object blurred and I had to hold the camera very still so the objects that are not in motion stay in perfect clarity.

Unit 4 Activity 3

 Shutter Speed: 1/1000

 Shutter Speed 1/16000

Shutter Speed: 1/2000

 Shutter Speed: 1/300
The four images above are photographs that I took using a fast shutter speed. The fast shutter speed allows the image to have complete clarity and with no blurrieness of the subject or background. For the technique, I positioned myself to a spot where I could easily hold the camera without moving it to insure no blurriness would come to my photograph. I also, changed the shutter speed to a fast shutter speed, the faster my subject was moving the higher I put my shutter speed. Thus, the subject (in this case my dear friend Jessica) looks like she froze. This technque is also known as stop motion.

Shutter Speed: 1/15

 Shutter Speed: 1/25

 Shutter Speed: 1/25

Shutter Speed: 1/25
For the Four images above I used a slow shutter speed while capturing my subject as she was moving. The slow shutter speed is used to show that movement is occurring while the picture is taken. The first three examples are a technique called panning. In this technique I put my shutter speed to 1/15 and 1/25 and followed my subject with the camera as she was running. The outcome was a nice blurred picture the easily shows the girl was running. For the last photograph I used a shutter speed of 1/25 but instead of following the subject with the camera, I held the camera still while I took the picture. This technique made the background clear and made the object that was moving blurred.

Unit 4 Activity 4

This image captured by Tyler Durden, while using a show shutter speed, is an image of a ferris wheel. In this image the ferris wheel looks almost blurred with circular lines of red and blue light and the background is completely black to ensure the focus is on the ferris wheel. The photographer could have encountered many difficulties while shooting this image. One difficulty is keeping the camera still because the camera takes time capturing the moving object (in this case a ferris wheel).To fix this problem the photographer could easily put the camera on a stand, like a tripod, to ensure the camera will stay still and the image will not be blurred. As you can see in this image, the ferris wheel gives off the feel of movement due to the lines of colors; which can conclude that the object was in motion while the image was shot. The depth of field is great depth of field. In this picture it is hard to tell the depth of field because the black background gives off no sense of depth of field.

Unit 4 Activity 2

This photograph is an example of capturing a moving object using a fast shutter speed. You can find this photograph, as well as many other examples, at http://pelfind.com/photos/7405. The subject matter is a strawberry being dropped into a bowl of green liquid. In the photograph, the background is simple to ensure the focus is on the main subject and the picture is not too busy. Using a fast shutter speed to capture an object in motion can be difficult because of the many problems a photographer can encounter. For example, in regards to the timing, the photographer must capture his/her image at the right time of the strawberry hitting the liquid in the bowl. If it captures the image too early or too late the image looses its quality. To overcome this, there are several things you can do. One thing is to take several pictures to ensure the photographer captured the image at the right time. Although the image may look frozen, it gives a feeling of movement because the liquid was in motion when the image was captured. The depth of field in this image would be shallow but with the white background it is hard to tell what depth of field it is.

Unit 4 Activity 1

This image captured by Henri Cartier Bresson is titled as The Man, The image and The World. A Retrospective. I believe that capturing the decisive moment has added to the picture's quality due to timing the picture was taken at. In this picture you can notice that the image was taken as a man was about to walk into a lake of water. But this image was captured before the man fell into the water,  making the man appear that he could almost be walking on the water bringing quality to the image. You can also see the reflection of the man with the misty background bringing more quality and interest to the image. Henri Carter not only used great timing in his photographs but also used composition like the rule of thirds bringing even more quality to the image.