Assignment #2: Motion

For this assignment, I explored use of the shutter to create images that either freeze motion or show motion. A shorter shutter speed will freeze motion while a longer shutter speed leaves the shutter open longer, to capture motion of the subject. Shots with a longer shutter speed show a blur where there is motion. I'm not the biggest fan of blurry motion pictures and in previous wet darkroom photography classes I had done

work with multiple images. For this assignment I did 3 images with a really high shutter speed to freeze the motion of a spout of water from a fountain. The effect of the shutter speed on these images is that the water looks more like glass. For the longer shutter speed shots I used a strobe light to limit the amount of blur in the photo but to also show motion. The effect of the strobe light is to b

asically make an image of multiple images. When the light of the strobe is off, it has almost the same effect as closing the shutter.

Digital Photography Spring '10

Assignment #1: Depth of Field

For this assignment, I explored control over the aperture priority setting on the camera to create images with depths of field ranging from shallow to great. The image below to the left exhibits shallow depth of field with only certain berries that are in focus. The image on the right has greater depth of field with focus from the bottom of the tree to the top branches.