Can blurred motion in a photograph reveal something about the subject? How? Why?

Respond in a paragraph. Include an explanation of the camera settings used to create this photo. What settings affect motion?

Shutter Speed controls…• Amount of TIME you allow LIGHT to hit the

camera sensor • Light passes through the aperture to the

sensor.

Shutter Speed Controls Motion and Blur of Moving Object

Fast Shutter FREEZES moving objects

Slow Speed has blur of moving object

Why motion?What can it do to in a photo?

What can in convey?

Motion in Photography

Slow Shutter Speed

Faster Shutter Speed

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevissimo/4456290969/

Student Work

Photographers and Motion

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Harold Edgerton

Bill Viola

Costumed Motion Shoot

Explore camera controls to create photos with motion as the dominant element. Create a blurred image or capture a split section, frozen in time.

Communicate mood and emotion.

Explore abstraction and texture through observational photography.

Why Costume? What kind? What??

How does it become dramatic?

18 photos of Costumed Motion

• The motion must be DYNAMIC and DRAMATIC. • The subject, person, must be costumed in a

CREATIVE way.• COMPOSITION and EXPOSURE are STILL

IMPORTANT. Don’t Forget this.

Process:

• Find an interesting setting and frame a good composition.

• Plan how your subject will move through the composition. Have the subject move through the setting a few times while you look through the viewfinder.

Process:

• Find the best place for the subject to be in motion when the exposure is made.

• Experiment! Don’t be afraid to make mistakes and take changes. DON’T DELETE photographs from your camera until you see them on the computer. Blurry can be cool!

Experiment with:

• Still camera and moving subject• Moving subject and still camera (tripod, bracing,

or self timer)• Using your flash, and moving your camera at the

same time – will give you a unique effect. • Zooming and in and out while you’re taking your

shot (DSL only)• Change your ISO Setting to 80-200 (even with

automatic camera).

Experiment with:

• Shoot in evening, night, low light, indoors. • Camera Settings: Fireworks, Night Landscape,

Museum, Sports • Camera Movement: Start with camera at arms

length and pull into to chest when firing shutter. Turn camera in circle. Panning- moving your camera along with the moving subject.

• Night photos with moving flashlights, headlights. “Paint with light.”

Costumed Motion Student Work

Relative Focus

How the Camera Captures Motion Group Work

• How do camera settings affect moving subjects?

• What do I need to know to take powerful images of movement?

• How can I use movement to create mood and drama in a photo?

Groups of 3 will research an aspect of Motion and present their findings to the class

• Subject Movement• Camera Movement• Panning• Shutter Speed• Hand-Holding Camera

Questions to Answer and Group Tasks:• Define your topic in an easy to understand

way• Explain how it affects your photographs• Explain how you do this with your camera• Find 3-5 photo examples of topic on the

internet• As group, take 3 photos illustrating topic with

camera, upload and save

Powerpoint of your research includes:• Topic definition and how it affects photos• How you would do this with a camera • 3-5 internet image examples• 3 photo examples from your group

Groups will present to class on Tuesday.