Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Abstract with slow shutters

Please take abstract pics with slow shutter speeds today.  Your goal is to fill the frame with movement, color, light, lines, patterns, etc.  We should not be able to tell what your were taking your pics of.  Here are some examples from last term:












by slowing down the shutter on your camera (allowing things to move while the camera is taking the image) can result in some amazing images... Toady we will be shooting more abstract images, but adding slow shutter speeds into the mix to aid in improving our shooting adventure.



We will be setting the shutter speed manually!  This will allow you to either move the camera or the action/subject while the camera is taking the pic, resulting in an AMAZING abstract pic!!!





We want to change the 1/2.5 in the pic above, which is the shutter speed.  By setting this to something slower than 1/30 of a second we will be able to see the movement of the action/camera in our pic.  Spend the shooting time today experimenting with speeds from 1/2 to 1/25 and see the results.  Your goal is to understand the effect shutter speeds have on your images and to create amazing abstracts from ordinary things.  As always, your images should NOT be recognizable as to what the subject is, they should focus on line, color, pattern, movement, texture etc.

No comments: