CAMERA SETTING....SHUTTER PRIORITY ( TV )
Quality setting : RAW
WHITE BALANCE : AUTO
WHITE BALANCE : AUTO
EXERCISE 1....
Someone standing still with different shutter speeds ( paying attention to the background )
Subject ...Raemon
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| f/8.00 1/80 ISO 100 I had my aperture set at f/8 and my shutter speed at 1/80 which is a medium shutter speed. As we were doing a portrait exercise this shutter speed is an appropriate exposure. time....At this shutter speed for myself I need to use a tripod. When shooting under this speed I would definitely suggest to use a tripod . With the shutter speed taking awhile to process the information  you risk moving and losing the shot you were looking for. My ISO was set a 100 due to the bright sunny day. |
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| f/7.1 1/125 ISO 100 This shot was taken at a higher shutter speed allowing for a more clearer and not over exposed photo. Raemon is focused . |
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| f/36 1/2 ISO 100 Raemon standing still. The shutter speed is a slow one and I am using a tripod to get the shot.. The back ground is over exposed and the picture is not very crisp. The shutter speed is to slow to capture a portrait shot EXERCISE 2 Taking shots of someone moving ( paying attention to the background ) |
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| f/36 1.0 ISO 100 Raemon was flapping her papers around but standing still. I am taking this shot with a tripod , at this shutter speed I caught the paper moving much to my amazement with the background in focus . A very over exposed picture again. Shutter speed is exposure time , the length of time it is open , |
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| f/8 1/100 ISO 100 This is an example of a faster shutter speed capturing Raemons hand but in a blurred way and the background is slightly in focus but the tree branch above her and her body is much more crispier. Much better shots , not over exposed. |
 f / 5.6 1/250 ISO 100 This is another fast shutter speed Raemon is moving her arm up and down and I have captured this because of the faster shutter speed, all in focus and she isnt over exposed . The faster the shutter speed the better for capturing moving shots. |
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| f/36 1.00 ISO 100 Here we have Raemon swinging both arms and standing still and I have captured the movement . To me she looks like she has butterfly wings. I have caught a motion blur, her legs in focus as they weren't moving but a blur of her arms moving up and down. |
Exercise 3 ..
Taking a photo deliberately blurring the whole scene using camera movement and a shutter speed of 1 ".
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| f/18 1.0 ISO 100 I have a shot of Raemon really moving her arms around in blur motion but the background with the shelves are nicely focused. This shot again taken using a tripod. |
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| f/36 1.0 ISO 100 Raemon again moving but in this shot everything is blurred I feel I moved in this one. |
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| f/20 1.0 ISO 100 Photo of Kyle in the car and I was moving. |
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| f/4 20.0 ISO 100 |
EXERCISE 4....Panning shots....
I found my photos weren't great in this exercise, I struggled abit to capture what I wanted to. I worked out that perhaps I wasn't following with my camera fast enough ?
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| f/4.5 1/40 ISO 200 Shutter speed slow ISO 200 because I was inside . |
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| f/4.5 1/40 ISO 200 I was very surprised with these photos because they were slow speeds and I didn't have a tripod. They weren't very blurred. Is that because I was moving fast enough ? |
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| f/4.5 1/30 ISO 200 |
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| f/4.5 1/30 ISO 200 This was probably the better shot closest to what I was supposed to get. Blurred back ground with Carolyine running. By this time I was more prepared and following Carolyine much quicker. but my shutter speed was slower than the top photos which were 1/40 . |
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| f/7.1 1/40 ISO 100 Raemon is in focus only the moving leg is slightly blurred ( motion blur ) because of the slow shutter speed. |
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| f/14 1/10 ISO 100 A much slower shutter speed all the moving parts are blurred and the leg stepping in front is focused. |
FOCUS EXERCISES
We were learning to place our finger on the shutter button only half way and focus on our subject then slightly moving the camera to include more of the whole picture and then press the shutter button right down.
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| f/6.3 1/10 ISO 100 In this picture I have a slow shutter speed focusing on the brown sign then moving to include Carolyine in my picture |
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| f/9 1/60 ISO 800 This shot is a medium shutter speed focusing on Carolyine and then moving to the left . ISO IS 800 , I needed to bring in more light. |
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| f/5.6 1/60 ISO 100 Shutter speed is of medium speed , focused on Carolyine but I have an under exposed shot so I needed to allow more light in so I put my ISO up. |
SELF DIRECTED TASKS FOR WEEK 1
REPEAT SHUTTER EXERCISES
Light drawing exercise..
My kids having fun with sparklers
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| f4.5 2.5 shutter speed ISO 100 Awesome pictures I was amazed . Shutter speed slow , ISO also low if any higher you would of seen more of the kids and then the focus point would of been perhaps them instead of the sparklers. THESE 3 SHOTS ARE TAKEN WITH A TRIPOD |
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| f/4.5 2.5 shutter speed ISO 100 |
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| f/4.5 3.2 ISO 100 In this photo I have only a slightly higher shutter speed than the photo above but the effect is I can see more of the children . Is that because there is 3 sparklers going or is it the change in the shutter speed allowing more light in ? |
This is Victoria doing cart wheels with a slow shutter speed at the beach. I hoped to have caught slower/slightly faster shutter speeds with different ISO settings using the tripod. I have noticed in some of the pictures its slightly darker in the bottom corners perhaps my hand got to clos as I was holding the tripod..not sure...
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| f/4 1/40 IS0 400 Shutter speed slow ISO 400 alowing more light in as it was late evening. |
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| f/4 1/30 ISO 100 Slow shutter speed and a low ISO of a 100. Victoria s left leg is in focus the moving leg and arm blurred due to movement. In the mid ground is Tamati in focus. |
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| f/4 1/30 ISO 100 Same camera settings as above upper body in focus while the legs follow blurred. Tamati in focus. |
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| f/14 1.0 ISO 400 Much higher ISO making the picture very bright with a slow shutter speed capturing the full movement of the cart wheel, |
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| f/9 2.0 ISO 400 Shutter speed slow / more light just managing to see the out line of Victoria. |
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| f/4 4.0 ISO 400 Shutter speed slow and we have captured Victoria still and Tamati to her left blurred as he ran away from her. Around the bottom edges of this picture you can see its slightly darker than the top. Im not really sure why that is . |
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| f/5 1.0 ISO 400 Slow shutter speed Toko slightly still Kyle is running in the background. Slow shutter speed capturing this frame movement. |
Slow shutter speed shots of Victoria riding a scooter
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| f/22 1.0 ISO 100 These photos taken with a tripod |
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| f/11 1/10 ISO 100 Almost got the shot of Victoria in focus the background out of focus. |
FAST SHUTTER SPEEDS EXERCISES
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| f/5.6 1/160 ISO 800 Looking good whole subject in focus |
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| f/5.6 1/125 ISO 800 This shot subject slightly blurred , maybe I didnt move fast enough with the bike , background very blurred |
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| F/5.6 1/80 ISO 800 Better focused medium shutter speed, subject in focus back ground and fore ground blurred. High ISO |
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| F/5.6 1/60 ISO 800 Medium speed , still subject in focus fore/back ground blurred. |
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| f/5.6 1/200 ISO 800 Fast shutter speed with the foreground in focus as well as the bike , the sea is not. |
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| f/4 1/30 ISO 800 Slow shutter speed bike and rider in focus blurred motion in fore ground and back ground. I like this shot . |
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| f/5.6 1/8 ISO 800 Slow shutter speed didnt get the bike in focus. I think I should have stuck to Fast or medium shutter speed or I wasn't moving or focusing properly on the subject. |
These are more pictures of the kids on the tramp with slow shutter speed..All shots taken on a tripod
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| f/4.5 1/10 ISO 100 Slow shutter speed catching motion blur. |
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| f/4.5 1/15 ISO 100 |
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| f/4.5 1/15 ISO 100 Again capturing these pics with slow shutter speeds. Tramp in focus , house in focus Tamatis movements not |
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| f/4.5 1/5 ISO 100 I like this shot again house in focus , trees and the fence are but Tamati has motion blur whilst in mid air. |
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| f/4.5 1/5 ISO 100 This is a shot with one of the boys standing still while the other jumps on the tramp. This is a shot with a slow shutter speed catching the motion blur but the stillness of the other .Kyle is slightly blurred perhaps due to Tamati bouncing him a tiny bit. Again the house is focused , background is as well. .This shot was taken on a tripod because of the slow speed shutter requiring me to do so . |
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| f/7.1 1/30 This is a slow shutter speed shot capturing sissy in the air, background is focused. |
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| f/32 1.0 This shot captured at 1.0 shutter speed which is a slow speed , focused on the back ground but only caught the blur of the 3 kids jumping . |
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| f/4 1/1 ISO 400 |
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MORE INFORMATION FOR MYSELF TO SHARE AND UNDERSTAND...
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| 1/25000 Shutter setting |
- Look first at the 40 shutter setting: the exposure time is 1/40sec – about quarter the length of a blink – yet it is too long to capture the fast-moving water, so it is milky blurred.
- 125 or 1/125sec is a good average short exposure, but it’s not enough to stop the water. We need an exposure much much shorter to ‘freeze’ the movement.
- A 2500 setting or 1/2500sec exposure does the trick: we can see individual streams of water caught sharply.
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MY CHOICE OF A PHOTOGRAPHER TO BLOG ABOUT WAS HELEN LEVITT.
I enjoyed reading about Helen she was an amazing women.
Helen Levitt (August 31, 1913 – March 29, 2009) was an American photographer.
She was particularly noted for "street photography" around New York City, and has been called "the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time.
Helen worked 70 years on the streets of NYC, she was inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Levitt grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY. She dropped out of high school and went to work for a commercial photographer. There, she taught herself photography. While teaching art classes to children in 1937, Levitt became intrigued with the transitory chalk drawings that were part of the New York children's street culture of the time.
She purchased a Leica camera and began to photograph these works, as well as the children who made them. The resulting photographs were ultimately published in 1987 as In The Street: chalk drawings and messages, New York City 1938–1948. She associated with Walker Evans in 1938-39. She enjoyed early success. In July 1939, the new photography section of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City included Levitt's work in its inaugural exhibition.
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She was particularly noted for "street photography" around New York City, and has been called "the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time.
Helen worked 70 years on the streets of NYC, she was inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Levitt grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY. She dropped out of high school and went to work for a commercial photographer. There, she taught herself photography. While teaching art classes to children in 1937, Levitt became intrigued with the transitory chalk drawings that were part of the New York children's street culture of the time.
She purchased a Leica camera and began to photograph these works, as well as the children who made them. The resulting photographs were ultimately published in 1987 as In The Street: chalk drawings and messages, New York City 1938–1948. She associated with Walker Evans in 1938-39. She enjoyed early success. In July 1939, the new photography section of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City included Levitt's work in its inaugural exhibition.
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Because she loved taking photos of children she always had a fast shutter speed to catch the movement of them at play as per my examples of her work. I really like this type of photography I guess because I can relate to it as I take alot of photos of my children and through her eyes and having been taught at MIT how to take them Ive enjoyed it even more. it ..
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| Boy with ribbon ( 1939 ) Wow Helen caught the whole movement of the ribbon |
Another great shot catching the water in mid air. Everything is in focus . The water appears soft so perhaps a slow shutter speed maybe 1/30 or less maybe .
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| This boy is moving fast and Helen has caught that , my thoughts would be the shutter speed would be at least 1/100 or perhaps more to 1/250 plus. Background blurred perhaps panning if this was the case then her shutter speed would be perhaps 1/30 upward to maybe 1/60 you are risking camera shake at the slower end , if she wasn't to steady perhaps she had a tripod set up just waiting for the shot or if she was steady she would of just snapped it anyway by holding down the shutter button slightly and focused on the boy and snapped him not really sure. |
MY SECOND PHOTOGRAPHER OF STUDY IS
- Born: January 10, 1938, Boskovice, Czech Republic
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| This photo was taken in Libson Portugal in 1975 . A great shot of this boy he almost looks like he is flying across the road. The shot has blur so perhaps if you didn't want that effect you would of used a shutter speed of 1/125 or higher. |
I love these shots capturing exactly what he wanted to using the fast shutter speeds. Amazing shots
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| wow this a great example of fast shutter speed. Everyone and everything is in focus. I would say this was a shutter speed of 250 perhaps? . OMG what a nightmare for me I have surfed to my limits of knowing and I cant find any information about the shutter speeds etc on these photos only the sizes sorry people. Loved these photographers brilliant work. |
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