Photo Class: Motion!

This photo class that Alex got me is awesome. Not only am I learning a lot (thank goodness for the Bear being a great model for me), I also love being able to take it with my brother Rob and trade thoughts. Or really, for me to ask lots of questions when I don't get something. Somehow Rob always knows answers to everything!

Here is our homework for this week. Number 3 is Rob's shot. Being the Renaissance man that he is, he is an aerospace engineer by day, race car driver by weekend, and kickball enthusiast at night. Did I mention that he is going to be featured in a BBC episode in the summer as a race car builder and driver? I am a proud sister :)

Assignment 4

MOTION, MOTION, and MOTION! This week we give you MANY options for capturing motion! You can freeze it, pan it, imply it, traffic streams, flowers in the rain, zooming, Monet, oh MY!!! Pick out three DIFFERENT techniques (your choice which) and upload your three shots!

Photo #1

Photo #2

Photo #3

Member:

Instructors, Chris Hurtt/Bryan Peterson

Critique:

Analiza, Wonderful shots here! Love the panning shot and the motion on the background is really exciting and you have a nice tack sharp subject! Nice job with that He is a little dark and the reason is that the light where the rider glides by is quite different than the light on the background. SO, what you can do is manually meter the road where they are passing by and be all set. If you do that, you should get an exposure out of camera like the edit below. The shot of the guys playing kickball is great and I like the motion of the ball in this case, BUT if you wanted to freeze that ball, even in low light- you have room for that. You are at f/8, but at 30mm there isn't a a lot of depth as far as the camera is concerned from this far back. If you wanted to freeze the ball then you are in a case where you DO care and can open the aperture and if you were to open to f/2.8 then you would be at 1/250 sec. The pinwheel shot is perfect! Love the composition and the way you put Dad and kid together so closely! Nice job with everything- motion, exposure, composition! A perfect picture! Bryan