photography unit (Sue)

blurred movement:

In this photo my subject is shaking her hand left to right, I obtained this by using a sliightly slower shutter than normal, around a second or two roughly. The subject couldn't move her body, which explains why her whole figure isn't blurred and smudged in movement like her hand is.

how to: 

to obtain blurred movement, simply carry on as though you're taking your everyday shot, only this time have your shutter speed turn down to around half a second to 2 seconds depending on how harsh you want your blurs. even slower shutter speeds for a  long, extreme blur. 

Panning technique:

This photo shows a moving car speeding down the road, I obtained this shot by using a very fast shutter speed and panning with the car to capture it's fast movement. As a result of the panning the background beyond the car is more blurred due to movement blur. 

How to: 

Fast shutter speed around 1/100 or faster depending on how fast the object or focus of your shot is moving.

shallow depth of field:

This is a photo of a static subject, however if you look behind the subject the background appears to be a huge distance away, this is due to the shallow depth of field technique used in this image, in fact the background was a lot nearer than it appears in this photo however with a adjustment to the focus, targeted and fully focused on my subjects face on manual focus the background blurs very harshly, giving you shallow depth of field. 

how to:

Shallow depth of field is attained by focusing distinctly on a subject, make sure there's some room between you and your subject so the camera lens can pick up distance, then focus on your subject and the background will have a soft blur.

Large depth of field:

A large depth of field is when the range in width of what is in focus is a lot wider to the edge of the photo making it larger in depth. I obtained a larger depth of field by capturing more of an open space where the camera won't find a main focus so easily when adjusting the focus. I found my open space and made the focus pretty much even across the whole photo. My shutter speed was around 1/300.

Interesting framing:

I chose these photos for this task because I feel they veer from my usual style of photography, the angles appear odd and strange, however when looked at from a technical point of view, all make sense and are properly executed for the purpose they serve. I like the second from last the most because it has a weird scary element to it, like a horror film, but when I return to technical thinking I see the subject is fully lit and the reasons for it's nerve unsettling affect on me is something I'd say is down to the strange framing and other elements in the mise en scene.

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Rule of thirds:

The rule -

"The theory is that if you place points of interest in the intersections or along the lines that your photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally. Studies have shown that when viewing images that people’s eyes usually go to one of the intersection points most naturally rather than the center of the shot – using the rule of thirds works with this natural way of viewing an image rather than working against it". (http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds)

Light Graffiti

The light graffiti camera effect is obtained simply with a VERY slow shutter speed and movement of a bright light's movement (works better when light is direct and detailed, a torch for example)

The shutter speed for this photo was between 10-30 seconds and the light had been moved vigorously to gain that drawn light effect which is essentially the point of light graffiti.

using shadows creatively

In this series of images  shadows were used creatively by using a sheets of black (light blockers) and reflectors to enhance the masculine features of the subject. More subtle shadows were used on the female subject to soften her appearance and enhance the feminine aspects to the photo

Shutter zoom

Shutter zooms are done by zooming simultaneously to taking the photo

Portraits using different lighting techniques

In this series of photos I've used tungsten lighting and gel lighting. These both have different affects on the images and both give a nice ambient (the well lit room) and very dynamic and futuristic (gel lit photos) vibes.