Painting with light
My favorite picture of painting with light was the red swirl picture, the 2nd in my gallery. In the picture we used our light source to create a beautiful red swirl and I then stepped in front of the swirl for the remaining seconds to add a dynamic to it. We had a shutter speed of about 15 seconds on. We used a christmas link of lights for our light source and we created the effect by spinning it around and wrapping the string around our finger so that the circle would come to the center of the picture creating the swirl. The viewer might feel mystery as to who the girl is in the picture as I am completely silhouetted to the point where you can't see my face.
Motion
The picture I chose for fast shutter speed was the third one in my gallery. I used a shutter speed of roughly 1/100th. I used iso 100 and used a white balance of sunlight. On the camera I had to change my settings to "S" so I could edit the shutter speed on my images. The action I froze in this picture was me jumping up and making a spiderman-type pose. The picture was shot straight on and was only about 5 feet away. The focus of the picture which is my spiderman pose, is not at the center of the picture but is near the right vertical line of the rule of thirds. There are some really good lines in the picture, (vertical, horizontal and diagonal) that lead the viewers eyes throughout the picture.
The picture I chose for slow shutter speed was the first one. We used a shutter speed of about 1/5th to capture the blur. We again used an ISO of about 100 and used a white balance of sunlight and were on the setting of "S" to edit the shutter speed. We froze a picture of me trying to touch my toes while jumping in almost a jumping jack form. The distance of the shot was about 5 feet away again and the photo was shot straight on with a slight angle to my body. Again the picture is take with the focal point not being directly centered rather on the side near the vertical lines of the rule of thirds. The lines of the blur of the picture send the viewers eyes up and down the picture as they look almost like waves
The picture I chose for slow shutter speed was the first one. We used a shutter speed of about 1/5th to capture the blur. We again used an ISO of about 100 and used a white balance of sunlight and were on the setting of "S" to edit the shutter speed. We froze a picture of me trying to touch my toes while jumping in almost a jumping jack form. The distance of the shot was about 5 feet away again and the photo was shot straight on with a slight angle to my body. Again the picture is take with the focal point not being directly centered rather on the side near the vertical lines of the rule of thirds. The lines of the blur of the picture send the viewers eyes up and down the picture as they look almost like waves
Depth of Field
A picture that is an example of a shallow depth of field is the school door nob picture. I shot the photo so that it was focused on the door knob and everything else was a blur. The f stop was 4.0 and the shutter speed was 1/125 second. The ISO was 6400. The white balance that was used to take this picture was fluorescent. I did not use a point and shoot camera. The image I chose for large depth of field is the photo of the top of a typewriter. The f stop was 14 and the shutter speed was 1/100 second. The ISO was 1600. This picture also had a white balance of fluorescent and it was not taken on a point and shoot camera. I think the picture of the doorknob is a better picture because it is clearly focused of the handle and it draws your eye to it. You use a shallow depth of field when you want only one thing or a part of an object in focus, for example if you were photographing one book in a bookcase. On the other hand you would want to use large depth of field if you wanted everything in the field of view to be in equally in focus. An example of this would be if you were photographing a car lot and you wanted every car to be in focus.
Shadow and reflection
Shadow
I took all of my shadow pictures during the day for availability of light to provide a shadow for my chosen objects. My ISO was most likely around 100-200 since it was outside in the sun. The white balance was sunny and fluorescent light bulb for inside. The fern-type plant was my favorite shadow picture. You can see some of the actual plant in the left of the picture and the shadow exposes the whole model of the plant. My second favorite picture was the pool object shadow. The depth of field in this picture is what makes it very appealing as you can see another pool "thing" in the distance. In the pool object picture the shadow is being cast by the sun and the fern is being cast by a light in my house. There is very apparent negative space in the fern as in between each branch/long leaf there is a spread of negative space. The pool object picture incorporates leading lines, leading the viewer down the photo. The texture in the object is very apparent as well. There is intriguing mystery in the fern as you do not see the full fern, so it leaves(no pun intended) the mystery of what the actual fern looks like.
I took all of my shadow pictures during the day for availability of light to provide a shadow for my chosen objects. My ISO was most likely around 100-200 since it was outside in the sun. The white balance was sunny and fluorescent light bulb for inside. The fern-type plant was my favorite shadow picture. You can see some of the actual plant in the left of the picture and the shadow exposes the whole model of the plant. My second favorite picture was the pool object shadow. The depth of field in this picture is what makes it very appealing as you can see another pool "thing" in the distance. In the pool object picture the shadow is being cast by the sun and the fern is being cast by a light in my house. There is very apparent negative space in the fern as in between each branch/long leaf there is a spread of negative space. The pool object picture incorporates leading lines, leading the viewer down the photo. The texture in the object is very apparent as well. There is intriguing mystery in the fern as you do not see the full fern, so it leaves(no pun intended) the mystery of what the actual fern looks like.
Reflection
I took my pictures near my pool, underneath my deck, my kitchen, and in my room. The outside pictures had an ISO of 100-200 with white balance at cloudy as it was very cloudy these days. My favorite picture is the pool reflection of the tree. I feel as though this picture adds a nice fall/winter theme, it shows a covered pool and the reflection of a leave-less tree. The object is the tree and the pool and both are incorporated. I took this picture standing over my pool cover and looking down at the water. As I mentioned, it adds a very fall theme, which adds a very gloomy feel to the picture.
I took my pictures near my pool, underneath my deck, my kitchen, and in my room. The outside pictures had an ISO of 100-200 with white balance at cloudy as it was very cloudy these days. My favorite picture is the pool reflection of the tree. I feel as though this picture adds a nice fall/winter theme, it shows a covered pool and the reflection of a leave-less tree. The object is the tree and the pool and both are incorporated. I took this picture standing over my pool cover and looking down at the water. As I mentioned, it adds a very fall theme, which adds a very gloomy feel to the picture.