Assignments #7, #9, #11 - Critiques

Stop Action/Motion Blur
I am pleased with how my pictures turned out, but there is definitely much room for improvement. I really like the picture with Erin's hair whipped to the side. However, I wish I had the camera panned down more so her head is closer to the top of the picture. I love the kicking pose in the other picture, I think it's perfect. But what I don't like is the image turned out too grainy, dark, and blurry. There are dust marks and scratches on both pictures which I don't like either, so I'll have to find a way to avoid that in the future. I would give myself maybe a 6.8/10 or a 7/10.

Depth of Field
I am not that happy with how my pictures turned out. I like the idea I had behind the Giraffe picture but the image turned out too blurry and there are objects in the corner that distract from the main idea of the picture. But this was the only high depth of field photo I took that actually turned out alright. I do like the picture of my cat but I think it turned out too dark and was also not sharp enough. I would give myself a 5.5/10.

Lines
I am quite satisfied with how these pictures turn out. I really like the picture of the trees behind the window because of all the lines in it and I think it's a simple but bold photograph. I also really like my other picture. I thought the light was reminiscent of waves in the way that the lines curled, so I took a handmade figurine that we bought from Vietnam that showed two men on a small boat, and put it on the light hanger. The only thing I don't like about it is I wish the figurine was more in focus. I would give myself a 7.5/10.

Assignment #1 - Camera & Enlarger Parts

Assignment # 2 - Pictures I'd Like To Take

Motion Blur/Stop Motion
1 Erin doing kicks in the air, with a medium-slow shutter speed of 1/125 or 1/60.
2 Movement of Erin's hair, with a fast shutter speed of 1/500 or 1/1000.
3 Movement of Erin's hair, with a slower shutter speed of 1/30 or 1/60
4 Erin flipping hair up while I take the picture sitting on the ground. Fast shutter speed of 1/1000 to create a sharp effect.
5 Erin jumping in the air, showing movement in hair, arms, and legs. Medium-fast shutter speed of 1/250 or 1/500.
Depth of Field
6 Headshot of someone with focus on the eyes, with a large apertureof f/2.8 to create a shallow depth of field.
7 Someone standing in a long narrow hallway, with a small aperture of f/16 to create a great depth of field and and in-focus, sharp image.
8 An picture of a small object that is very sharp and in focus, with a blurry and out of focus background. Using a larger aperture of f/2.8 or f/4.
9 A sceneic view with a very high depth of field and small f/22 aperture.
10 A full body shot of someone, with focus on their body and less focus on the background. Somewhat shallow depth of field with large-medium aperture setting of f/4 or

Assignment #6

Search the internet to find 3 photos that display frozen movement and 3 photos that display blurred movement. Copy these photos and put them into your journal. Determine and label what shutter speed was used by the photographer for each photo…..use terms like "fast" or "slow" shutter speeds. You can also take educated guesses like 1/8

FROZEN MOVEMENT:


I think the photographer used fast shutter speed on these photographers because the movement captured is very sharp. I would estimate perhaps 1/100th shutter speed.



The photographer for this photograph also used fast shutter speed because of the sharpness in the movement, however I think perhaps slightly slower than the photograph above.



As you can see, there is alot of sharpness in the movement of the hair. The photographer used a fast shutter speed, perhaps 1/500.

BLURRED MOVEMENT:

An extremely slow shutter speed was used on this photography to create this effect.


A slow shutter speed was used in this picture to show movement.



Another slow shutter speed that gives a large sense of speed to the picture.

Thinking Like An Artist...

Learning to think like an artist means:
Looking at things more closely than most people do
Finding beauty in everyday things and situations
Making new connections between different things and ideas
Going beyond ordinary ways of thinking and doing things
Looking at objects in different ways in order to generate new perspectives
Taking risks and exposing yourself to possible failure
Arranging items in new and imaginative ways
Working hard and at the edge of your potential
Persisting where others may give up
Concentrating your effort and attention for long periods of time
Dreaming and fantasizing
Using old ideas to create new ones
Doing something simply because it’s interesting and personally challenging to do