Straight Images - Motion

Best 5 - Motion 

Work Diary - Motion

Today I studied motion in photography, I also learnt how to use shutter speed and aperture, if the shutter speed is slower then you will catch more movement, however if you make the shutter speed slower you need to make the aperture lower so less light gets in, otherwise the photo will be over-exposed. 

I did most of my motion photography in the college studio and in the college campus, in the studio we turned off the lights and used a phone light to create movement using lights.

Progression: Next time I will do more photos outside college campus, I took a few of cars but these weren't very good as I was having problems with the aperture and a lot of my photos were over-exposed, I also didn't time the photos very well so there was cars that weren't in frame which didn't look very good.

This is probably my best photo because it shows movement very well in contrast to the person holding the umbrella. I really like this photo although I'm not very happy with the bottom right of the photo being black because I didn't get all of the background the right colour.

This is my worst photo because it is framed so badly, I think it shows movement really well but it is not captured well at all.

Contact Sheet - Motion

Contact Sheet - Motion 

Image Bank - Motion

Image Bank - Motion

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I like this photograph because of the contrast, the train is moving very fast as we can see but the seat is completely still which looks really good next to each other, this photograph is well taken as it is not over exposed so we can see everything in normal colour, it is also not shaky which can sometimes happen when you make the shutter speed slower to get pictures like this, I think the photographer probably used a tripod which improves the photo immensely.

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I like this example of motion because of the lights on the car and how they are moving as well as the cars, I think this looks really good, this photo inspires me to go out and take photos of cars as they can create really good motion examples if you do it right. However this photos a bit shaky as you can see from the buildings because they are also showing a bit of movement. This can be fixed if you use a tripod so I think I will definitely use one.

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I think this example of motion photography looks really good because of the contrast between the woman and the train, it almost looks fake, she is in perfect quality whilst the train is very blurred, the photographer obviously knew what he was doing when he took this because the photo is very well taken and framed, she is not in the centre which can look really bad, she is on one of the rule of thirds lines.

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I think this photo looks especially good because the only thing showing movement is the bus, I think this looks good because the rest of the photograph is very still which shows me that the photographer wasn't shaky and took the photo well 

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This photo shows a lot of motion because the aisles have a motion blur which shows that there is quite a lot of speed going on, it makes the trolley seem like it's going faster than it probably is, I really think that it looks good because it is quite a casual photograph, it's not been framed perfectly but it still creates a good effect.

Definition Post - Motion

Definition Post

Motion in a photograph is capturing the movement of someone or something by changing the shutter speed and sometimes aperture. The slower the shutter speed the more movement you will catch in a photo, however this can cause mistakes if the shutter speed is slow and the object is fast, it may become invisible or very hard to see.

This is an example of motion, it shows the child on the roundabout in good focus, whilst the rest of the photograph is blurred, this shows us that the roundabout is spinning round so it looks like the rest of the world is moving from that perspective.

This is a photo of someone running, it shows motion because we can see where his arms and legs have moved, the ground is also showing movement a bit which looks cool.

This photograph shows a lot of movement, almost all of the characters in the photo show movement and I think the photographer probably didn't use a tripod because the ground is also showing movement which shouldn't happen unless they are moving as well.

This photo shows a lot of movement by using long exposure, the shutter speed was probably very slow for this photograph, meaning that a lot of movement was captured. you can tell this person used a tripod because the lights in the background aren't moving as well.