photo skills a: 2010

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Monday, 1 November 2010

Shutter Speed Assignment.

Aperture - 8

Shutter speed - 1/4000

Aperture - 18

Shutter speed - 1/1000

Aperture - 22

Shutter speed - 15

Aperture - 22

Shutter speed - 15

My understanding - So, my first 2 photographs above, have a really high shutter speed, which means anything in the photo will be completely frozen, so on my two examples i have photographed the sea, which of course always moves, and i have completely frozen it by having a high shutter speed. Alternatively, on my other 2 photographs i have used a really low shutter speed, so, leaving the shutter open for 15 seconds can record movement, so in my examples i have recorded the movement of light. This is an easy thing to do, i have experimented at home with drawing with light, which i explored in a workshop in university. Having a low shutter speed has allowed me to create patterns and shapes with light.

Depth of Field and Aperture.

Assignment 1 - Experimenting with Aperture

Aperture - 5.6

Shutter speed - 1/40

Aperture - 9

Shutter speed - 1/20

Aperture - 13

Shutter speed - 1/10

Aperture - 32

Shutter speed - 0.6

My understanding - You can really tell the difference of the aperture in these photos, they are in order from the smallest f stop number to the largest, on the smallest, the concentration is only on the star in the foreground, as the background is a lot less out of focus, and in each photo, the foreground star stays in focus and the background becomes more and more in focus at the f stop number increases.

Assignment 2 - Large Depth of Field

Aperture - 4

Shutter speed - 1/400

Aperture - 4

Shutter speed - 1/400

My understanding - These photos show the whole scene in focus, using a small aperture and a higher shutter speed you can get the affect of everything being in focus. I think this works particularly well with landscape shots when you would want everything to be in focus.

Assignment 3 - Foreground vs Background

Aperture - 5.6

Shutter speed - 1/30

Aperture - 5.6

Shutter speed - 1/30

Aperture - 5.6

Shutter speed - 1/10

Aperture - 5.6

Shutter speed - 1/10

Aperture - 5.6

Shutter speed - 1/60

Aperture - 5.6

Shutter speed - 1/60

My understanding - Changing the depth of Field can really change a photo, it immediately pulls the readers eyes to where the focused area is. I like the photos i have taken for this particular assignment, i think the depth of field works really well in them.

Assignment 4 - Shallow

Aperture - 5.6

Shutter speed - 0.3

My understanding - On this photo, you can definately see which part of it is in focus and which part is intended to draw your eye in. Only a select part is in focus, not the front or the background.