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.

Aperture Quiz

 f/2.8

 f/10

f/22

I thought this assignment was pretty easy but it is necessary for photography because aperture is an essential part of the course. I thought this was a good assignment. I knew a lot of this already but this helped me learn how to use it more effectively and how to really achieve what I wanted with depth of field and focusing. 

My pictures for this test were successful because with the low f stop, you can clearly see that it is focused on the middleground, in the middle f stop its a lot less blurred and less focused but still, the middle is the clearest part, and with the high f stop, almost everything is in focus. I think if I would have zoomed more then I could've gotten a more distinguished focal point, and I could have taken these at a better angle.

How can depth of field be manipulated  in photography?  

You can manipulate depth of field with aperture and principles of design. Having a lower f stop will give you a clear and defined focus in a photo, and will blur out the rest, and you can focus on different things in the photo with that. Having a higher f stop will make there be a less clear focus in the photo, or have everything in focus if that's what you want, and there will be no blur.

Why would one choose to manipulate depth of field? 

You manipulate depth of field to either focus on one thing, or focus on many things depending on how you want your picture to look. Also, you can blur other parts of the image out, again emphasizing a single thing in a photo.