Shutter Speed
Shutter speed is the amount of time that the camera's shutter is open. The longer the shutter is open, the more light passes through to the camera's sensor. Shutter speed is commonly measured in fractions of a second. A fast shutter speed will freeze the motion of a moving object. A slow shutter speed will blurring any object moving while the shutter is open.
Examples
I first took a photo at a 200th of a second. This is a fast shutter speed and I was able to captured the jumping person while he was in the air. The photo is darker because the fast shutter speed means less light is being captured by the sensor.
I then took a picture with the shutter speed of a second. This picture is quite blurry because the camera captured his movement in the frame. The photo is brighter because the shutter is open longer allowing the sensor to capture more light.
Sometimes when a picture turns out very white, it means it is over exposed. A picture that is too dark is under exposed.
Examples
I first took a photo at a 200th of a second. This is a fast shutter speed and I was able to captured the jumping person while he was in the air. The photo is darker because the fast shutter speed means less light is being captured by the sensor.
I then took a picture with the shutter speed of a second. This picture is quite blurry because the camera captured his movement in the frame. The photo is brighter because the shutter is open longer allowing the sensor to capture more light.
Sometimes when a picture turns out very white, it means it is over exposed. A picture that is too dark is under exposed.
Natsumi Hayashi
Analysis
Natsumi Hayashi is a Japanese photographer that takes photos of people levitating while doing everyday tasks. Natsumi would make people look like they are levitating by capturing them in the air while jumping. To do this she would be using a fast shutter speed of around 1/300 second. |
Response
I made two series of images trying to capture people in the air. The first set of images were made in the grounds of my school. I think that these images worked quite well and look similar to the work of Natsumi Hayashi. This is because the photos were made during the day in bright light so I was able to use a fast shutter speed to freeze the motion without the pictures being too dark.
I made two series of images trying to capture people in the air. The first set of images were made in the grounds of my school. I think that these images worked quite well and look similar to the work of Natsumi Hayashi. This is because the photos were made during the day in bright light so I was able to use a fast shutter speed to freeze the motion without the pictures being too dark.
The second set of images were made at home at night. This set of pictures did not work as well because I shot them using my smartphone. It was too dark to be able to freeze the motion in the photos and I am not able to control the shutter speed of the camera on my phone. The pictures are all blurry. If I were do try this again I would shoot the pictures using a DSLR during the day when it is bright.
Francesca Woodman
Analysis
Francesca Woodman intended to make her photos look death-like and ghostly. She did this by using a long shutter speed and double exposures. The use of high contrast give deep shadows and shooting in black and white makes the image more mysterious. She wanted inspire the viewer to think about wider issues such as gender, sexuality and self, resisting the male gaze, feminism, corruption and social injustice, representations of the body and death.
Woodman is considering ways in which women can reject the male gaze. The blurred image creates a sense of movement and urgency. You can see that this is a portrait of a woman by her shoes and feminine shape. However the areas of a woman's body that men gaze at have been blurred by her movement. The blurred image creates a sense of movement and urgency. You can see that this is a portrait of a woman by her shoes and feminine shape. However the areas of a woman's body that men gaze at have been blurred by her movement. She wanted to explore ways of expressing her own disturbed psychological state.
Woodman used a long shutter speed in the photograph. The long shutter speed helped her to create the effect of movement. This helps to support her intention to hide from a man's gaze by camouflaging herself into the background.
Response
I made a series of black and white images in the style of Francesca Woodman. I used a long shutter speed to deliberately blur any movement that took place during the exposure. Some of the images have a sharp background and the person in them is blurred because they have walked through the frame. Some of the images also have a blurry background because I was not able to keep the camera still during the length of the exposure. Even though this was a mistake, I really like the effect it gives and I think it helps make the images look more mysterious.
Francesca Woodman intended to make her photos look death-like and ghostly. She did this by using a long shutter speed and double exposures. The use of high contrast give deep shadows and shooting in black and white makes the image more mysterious. She wanted inspire the viewer to think about wider issues such as gender, sexuality and self, resisting the male gaze, feminism, corruption and social injustice, representations of the body and death.
Woodman is considering ways in which women can reject the male gaze. The blurred image creates a sense of movement and urgency. You can see that this is a portrait of a woman by her shoes and feminine shape. However the areas of a woman's body that men gaze at have been blurred by her movement. The blurred image creates a sense of movement and urgency. You can see that this is a portrait of a woman by her shoes and feminine shape. However the areas of a woman's body that men gaze at have been blurred by her movement. She wanted to explore ways of expressing her own disturbed psychological state.
Woodman used a long shutter speed in the photograph. The long shutter speed helped her to create the effect of movement. This helps to support her intention to hide from a man's gaze by camouflaging herself into the background.
Response
I made a series of black and white images in the style of Francesca Woodman. I used a long shutter speed to deliberately blur any movement that took place during the exposure. Some of the images have a sharp background and the person in them is blurred because they have walked through the frame. Some of the images also have a blurry background because I was not able to keep the camera still during the length of the exposure. Even though this was a mistake, I really like the effect it gives and I think it helps make the images look more mysterious.