Creative Techniques

The five photos I am using are all things that came to my mind when I thought of this song. They're things that I think make the world wonderful, and make you appreciate the beauty of many things in the world. They are a picture of a beautiful blue and red sunset which also relates to the song in the 2nd verse with "Skies of Blue" and the 3rd verse with "The colors of the rainbow, So pretty in the sky," a picture of some eggs i found on the ground, rain on the window, my mom laughing, and a picture of my eye. These pictures aren't very unified composition wise, but they are unified in that they all are things that I captured and thought portrayed the beauty of the world and everyday life.

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Motion Final

Blurred Motion-  ISO: 2000, f/25, SS:1/3

 Chrono- ISO: 800, f/22, SS: 1/25

 Frozen Motion- ISO: 320, f/4, SS; 1/2500

 Panning- ISO: 6400, f/25, SS: 1/25

 WWL- ISO:800, f/22, SS: 30.0

Zooming- ISO:800, f/22, SS: 1.0

• From working with different shutter speeds, I learned that there is a countless amount of ways to capture motion in a photo. Also I learned that for certain pictures, a tripod is very important to be able to capture the photo how you want. Fast shutter speeds can capture completely frozen motion, and slow shutter speeds can capture someone not being there at all or looking like a ghost. I also learned a lot about photoshop this unit with the chrono shots, which I'm really thankful for and will be able to use that forever. Also, I already knew how to do writing with light, but in doing this here at school I was able to perfect my skills in that type of motion photography. Overall, this was probably one of the most useful and interesting units we have done, and I learned a lot.

• I'm really glad that I made the pictures black and white this time; I like the effect it has on the pictures, and I think it makes it more dramatic. I think that if I could do it again I would put more effort into making the photos more interesting. I'm really happy with the blurred motion and writing with light. I think those two are the best of the six photos, and maybe chrono. Also, I would recommend taking a whole bunch of pictures so that you have options when you go to choose, therefore you won't end up not liking your own pictures.

Motion Shooting Assignment

I had more success with blurred motion, writing with light, frozen motion, and chrono, but less success with zooming and panning. I think part of why I had success with blurred motion, chrono, and writing with light is because I liked shooting those ones more; I think they are more interesting and fun to do, so I put more effort into it. I think panning is interesting too, but I didn't have as much success because it's harder to achieve for me. Frozen motion I think was successful for everyone because it's really easy to do most of the time. I liked doing chrono and blurred motion a lot because for those pictures, I felt that the backgrounds were interesting, which lead to a more dramatic photo, and the photos being cooler overall. Overall, I think I did my best with this assignment, and even though some of them aren't very interesting, I still got the assignment done, and I think some of them turned out really good, so, I would say this project was a success.

Motion- In class

Blurred Motion 

•  I used a tripod, and a lower shutter speed, and had Lucy jump across the hallway.
•  ISO:100,  SS: 1/5,  f/5.6

 Frozen Motion

•  I used a tripod for this, but I didn't really need to. I se a fast shutter speed and had Lucy spin around with the scarf. 
•  ISO: 1250,  SS: 1/200,  f/2.8

Panning

•  I did not use a tripod, and had Whitney walk past the background in the studio, keeping her in focus but the background a bit more blurry. I followed her with the camera as she walked to do this, and used a medium shutter speed.
• ISO: 1000,  SS:1/50,  f/2.8

Zooming

•  Tiffany stood in front of the camera. I used the tripod, zoomed in on the CV on her shirt, and then zoomed out as I took the picture. I used a very slow shutter speed.
• ISO: 100,  SS: 2.0,  f/11

Chrono

•  First, I took a picture of just the stairs alone, then one with just Lucy's feet in one spot, her sitting on a stair trying to trip the feet, and her just in the front left corner. I plan to put these pictures together in photoshop. I used a tripod to make sure that all the backgrounds were almost exactly the same.
• ISO: 2000,  SS:1/125,  f/3.2

Writing With Light Group Experiment

This is my favorite shot from the experiment because this is the only shot we got that actually worked in the amount of time we had. Jenn is doing the THON symbol in the middle and I painted with light around her.

• Aperture: f/29
• Shutter Speed: 30.0
• ISO: 3200

I'm not very happy with this shot, but it's the only shot that we have that properly used writing with light. Jenn is kind of blurry and I think it could be much more interesting. The ISO should be much lower, like down to 100. I think the shutter speed was good, but there could have been a lot more movement and such in that time. I'm not sure about the aperture; we didn't really think about that, and I don't think it matters, but maybe next time it can be lower and we could have a small depth of field. Overall, I'm not happy with the outcome of this picture, but it's the best one we had because we didn't know we were actually supposed to try and make these good, we thought we were just supposed to get one that worked and figure it out. It could be a lot cooler.

Motion Blog Assignment 2

Blurred Motion

 Blurred motion is visually appealing because it shows a sense of action and motion. It's cool to see something captured in motion but not frozen because you see how it is moving. Also, it emphasizes the object that's in focus.

 Chrono

 Like blurred motion, these are visually appealing because you see how a motion or action works, but this time with a more focused image. The chronology concept is appealing to everyone, and seeing the same subject multiple times is different.

 Frozen Motion

 Frozen motion is visually appealing because it can capture what the human eye can't. People can't freeze time to see what a water balloon looks like just as it pops, but you can take an image with a fast shutter speed to see it clearly frozen in motion, and that's cool for people to see and creates a sort of drama in a photo that engages people.

 Panning

 Panning is interesting because it really focuses on the thing that is moving and blurs out the rest of the background. Because the background is blurred and the camera follows the subject, people look at photos of panning and feel very in the moment of that photo and can imagine what is happening. You can almost feel that it will go back into motion once you look away.

 Writing With Light

 Writing with light pictures are awesome because you can literally make a painting or "write" with a light in a picture and still make it seem realistic, and like the light streaks could be there in the room for real. Also, it captures the way light moves which, again, isn't something people can see naturally.

 Zooming

Zooming is visually interesting because it puts a focal point in the very center and draws your eye out from it or into it and creates a weird sort of drama in a photo. Also, like all the others, it's just cool that it can capture a motion.

Motion Blog Assignment 1

Blurred Motion

 This picture is set up by setting up a tripod, and having something move in front of the camera as the picture is being taken. It probably requires a slightly lower shutter speed.

Frozen Motion

Frozen motion is set up by having a very high shutter speed and taking a picture of something in motion. The fast shutter speed will freeze it in motion. You probably don't use a tripod to get the shot you really want.

Panning

You achieve panning by by moving with the subject so the subject is in focus, but the background is blurry. The shutter speed should be moderate, and you generally wouldn't use a tripod for this.

Zooming

 Zooming is achieved by zooming in or out as you take the picture. It takes a slightly slower shutter speed; around 1/8 of a second or more, and you probably wouldn't use a tripod.

Writing with light

 Writing with light is super cool, and you can achieve it by using a tripod and a very very slow shutter speed or bulb mode. Once you take the picture, you take a light and draw with it in the picture, and it looks like you wrote with the light. The subject stays in focus because of the camera being on a tripod.

Chrono

 You achieve Chrono by taking multiple pictures of someone in the same landscape. The camera should be on a tripod to make sure you get the same background every time, and you have a generally fast shutter speed.