Thursday, 2 October 2014

Shutter Speed Experiment

Experiment 1: Camera Shake

The shutter speed in the blurred pictures is set to 1/30 which is slow, I then shook the camera at the same time as taking the picture which gave it the blurred effect. Personally, I don't like these pictures because of the blur and it just doesn't look like a good quality picture as it's not in focus.
For the clearer picture I used a faster shutter speed, 1/600 which meant I could make sure the picture was more focused and clear which I think turned out much better than the others.





























Experiment 2: Abstract Motion Blur


For this experiment, I set my camera to shutter priority and set the shutter speed to 1/8th second. There was 4 parts to this experiment. The first thing we had to do was take a picture of somebody whilst zooming the lens, the second was to take a picture and rotate the camera at the same time, thirdly take a picture whilst shaking the camera and the fourth was to take a picture whilst zooming and rotating the camera. I think that my pictures were successful as it created the right effects and the right sort of blur.



 















Experiment 3: Light Painting


For this experiment I went into the studio and turned all the lights off as you need complete darkness for light painting to be successful, for this I set my camera to Manual and the bulb setting with my aperture on f8. I then used the light on my phone to write my name and some other peoples names who were in my group. My photos were successful as you can clearly read the images and what they're meant to say. Light painting is fairly easy if you know how to use the right settings on your camera.
















Experiment 4: Ghosts



For this experiment, I had to use the classroom, I set my camera to Shutter Priority with a shutter speed between 4-8 seconds. I had to use a tripod for this experiment as the camera needed to remain absolutely still. There was four different stages to this experiment, first of all the person in focus had to rush out of the shot. Secondly, I had to repeat the first step but changing the shutter speed then for the third step, I had to make the person appear more transparent, like a ghost. Lastly, I had to make the person appear more bold in the photo, I think my photos were successful because they turned out how they needed to. 
 












Experiment 5: Frozen Motion


For this experiment I had to be outside, I needed a fast shutter speed so I used 1/500th second. I then took a picture of somebody jumping off the steps outside college and because of the fast shutter speed, it froze the motion and captures him in mid air. The second photo I took was of the same person but running this time and again, the motion was frozen. I think my photos were successful because the experiment was based on freezing a motion and that's what my photos did.


Experiment 6: Panning


This experiment was the last one and for this I set my camera to shutter priority and used a shutter speed of 1/30th second. This involved taking a picture of somebody running but rather than holding the camera in one position, you had to follow them with the camera to create the panning effect. It shows exactly what is happening in the photo but with a blurred effect to show movement. I think my photo is successful but if I had the opportunity to take it again, I would try to make the image sharper and less blurred. 


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