Unit 4: Time

Activity 1: Look at a Henri Cartier-Bresson photograph and discuss why you think that capturing the decisive moment has added to the picture's quality.
I think capturing images in a decisive moment adds a natural quality to the image. Henri Cartier-bresson's images show just that. It looks as though his subjects in his photos don't even realize that  he has taken a picture. When you tell your subject to pose a certain way it almost looks fake, but when you capture your subject when it's not posing it's more natural to the viewer.

Activity 2: Find an example of a photograph where the photographer has used a very fast shutter speed and describe the subject matter including the background. Discuss any technical difficulties the photographer may have encountered and how he or she may have overcome them. Discuss what happened to the depth of field and why. Discuss weather the image gives you the feeling of movement, stating the reasons of your conclusion.

Taylor

The subject in this image is the popped bubble. To bring out the bubble more, the background was set to be unfocused. The photographer might have had problems in placing it's  subject perfectly in the image and when to snap the picture. She most likely had to follow the bubble very carefully and had to guess when the bubble was going to pop. To bring out the bubble more the depth of field in this image was set to shallow. The image definitely gives off a feeling of movement because it's being popped.  I like how the movement of the water droplets are still in a shape of a circle when being popped.

Activity 3:Take four images of a running or jumping figure using fast shutter speeds (faster than 1/250 second). Vary the direction of travel in relation to the camera and attempt to fill the frame with the figure. Examine the image for any movement blur and discuss the focusing technique used.

Take four images of the same moving subject using shutter speeds between 1/15 and 1/125 second. Pan the camera to follow the movement. The primary subject should again fill the frame. Discuss the visual effect of each image.

Fast Shutter Speed

Panning with 1/15

By: Jessica Castelan

Activity 4: Find a photograph where the photographer has used a slow shutter speed and describe the subject matter including the background. Discuss any technical difficulties the photographer may have encountered and how these mat have been overcome.

‘Etter Badet’

By Randihausken

The subject matter in this image is the shaking dog. The background is in focus which helps bring out the subject. Some technical difficulties that the photographer might have encountered was keeping his camera still when capturing the photo. The photographer most likely used a tripod to keep his camera still. If the photographer didn't use a tripod or kept still the dog would have shifted in the image.

Activity 5: Create four images that contain a mixture of solid (sharp) and fluid (blur) forms.