October 15th

     Friday we had a short demonstration with the tripods on capturing movement with a slow shutter speed. At the beginning of class, I will do a short demonstration with the cameras again to refresh some of your memories. Today we will continue with this topic with a small assignment:

You will work with a partner (or individually) to shoot a total of 6 photos. You must capture 3 different images using a fast shutter speed and a slow shutter speed. A slow shutter speed would be anything longer than 1/2 a second, and a fast would be 1/250 and higher. You MUST shoot in manual for this assignment, and you will need to adjust the aperture accordingly to insure an accurately exposed photo (i.e. not too bright, not too dark). You will need to take multiple photos of each image to get the perfect photo.

1. Choose 3 images you would like to capture. Ideas are the stream from a water fountain, close-up action of a ping-pong game, a shot of hands typing on a keyboard, a high school musical inspired jump scene, etc. The most successful movement shots will have some still and something moving in the photo.

2. Shoot the photo with a fast shutter speed. Then shoot a second photo with a slow shutter speed.

3. Create a google doc and upload the photos into the doc. Below or beside each photo, tell me the f stop and shutter speed for each photo.                 ex.   f/8 1/30              f/3   1/2500

4. Upload the photos and submit 1 assignment to me through google docs. Be sure both partners names are on the assignment.