Journal 3

The shutter changes helped me in a number of different ways.  First, when I wanted to capture motion I would use a slower shutter speed, for instance kegan moving the drumsticks,  but when I wanted to stop his motion I would speed it up.  But, I had to balance my shutter with the aperture and ISO in order to get the right light and the right amount of motion or stopped motion.  I realized that stopping motion can be very difficult in dimly lit places because even with a fast aperture and high ISO, the photo would still be very dark.  Shutter blur can be helpful if I want to show what the eye truly sees, for instance moving water, or a sports event.  It can also be helpful in an artistic sense to make the mundane interesting.  I can draw with lights or make people in motion.  If I’m trying to capture something very hectic, I can also use shutter blur to disorient the viewer by making everyone in motion.

 

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I like this photograph because for a while I wasn’t sure how this was possible, except by pasting the body from another photo into this photo.  But then, I was told that this is actually done by using a slow shutter speed and then a flash right before the shutter opens.  I really like how colorful this photo is and it simply amazes me how blurred the train is and how pristine the girl is, even though I know how its done.

 

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This photo is really nice too.  The shutter speed would have to be really slow, and on a tripod for this photo.  Depending on how fast the people were moving, the shutter speed would have to be a couple minutes.  I like how the hall feels very ghostly, especially with the blues.

 

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Honestly, this photo is pretty boring.  But, the reason I chose is what because these types of photos give me a headache.  They always look like they’re coming closer and farther very fast.  Almost like pounding against the screen.  This effect is accomplished by a slow shutter speed and zooming in or out while taking the picture.  This works best when on a tripod because when changing the zoom you are very likely to move the camera blurring the entire picture.

 

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This is a fun photo.  I can assume photoshop had a lot to do with the colors of the picture.  Nonetheless, this feat can be accomplished with a low ISO and slow shutter speed and fast aperture.  A tripod wasn’t involved because the entire picture is blurred.  The ISO would have to be low because there is so much color.  The shutter speed would have to be slow to capture the motion, I would guess probably 1/10 depending on how fast the car is traveling.  The aperture could be a medium fast speed probably in the lower double digits.  But it would have to be fast enough to get such brightness.

 

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This picture would have to have at least a 30 minute shutter speed because of the clouds.  It’s very nicely done because the clouds are going to a vanishing point right above the cabin.  The colors in it are very nice as well.  They are saturated making a very picturesque, complimented by the contrast of darks to whites.

 

FLICKR SET

PHOTO 1

I chose a shutter speed of 1/60 because I was holding the camera with one hand I didn’t want the camera to blur.  However, I need the shutter to be slow enough to let enough light in to keep the picture saturated.  Especially because the focus is on the mirror image, I needed a low ISO to get good saturation. 

 

PHOTO 2

I chose a slower shutter speed for this shot, around 1/10.  I wanted to make an anxiety shot, and I like I said before these types of photos give me headaches.  I wanted the focus to be on the time and so I put it in the center so when I zoomed it would remain in focus while the rest blurred out.  I chose 1/10 because I didn’t need it to be more blurred than that, but I also wanted the right amount of light in the photo.  I could have gone a bit faster, just to keep the clock from blurring since my hand isn’t very steady.

 

PHOTO 3

I was just watching TV and I thought, I wonder what this would look like?  I had a problem with crazy wrinkles in the TV and parts being all black because of how screens are.  I chose a slower speed in order to capture the motion of the players.  But, I had to make it so that the ticker tape at the bottom of screen wouldn’t blur since it was moving.  For this one, I used around 1/30 or 1/40.  Luckily, some of the players were moving fast and other weren’t, so I was able to capture an array of motion while leaving the text untampered with.

 

PHOTO 4

I was trying to capture motion of the soap which I thought would show up better because its green.  Unfortunately, because it was such a thin stream it gets lost a little bit.  However,  I used 1/50 on this one because it was such a close up shot that I needed a faster shutter speed because the picture would blur a lot easier.  If I had a tripod, I could have a had a slower shutter speeder and a lower ISO to keep the noise out of the picture.  However, this shot without a tripod was hard to execute and in the end I had to make a sacrifice.

 

PHOTO 5

With this photo, I used slow shutter speed to capture Kegan’s movement from the pantry into the dining room.  I was really just experimenting and I liked the way his head is straight on to almost a profile.  Again with a tripod this shot would have been more successful because the background would have been in focus, but because I don’t have very steady hands the background is blurred.  Kegan’s head also appears to be getting larger because he is coming closer to me as he turns the corner creating an odd effect.

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