Shutter Speed Challenge

1) Review: Shutter Speed

2) Shutter Speed Challenge project

1) Review: Shutter Speed 

2) Shutter Speed Challenge project

Today's project will be shot entirely using "S" mode.

S = Shutter Priority

(If you shoot on a Canon camera, it's called "Tv".)

For this project, you will complete a checklist of shots that demonstrate both slow and fast shutter speeds:

1-2) Panning: Moving car (slow shutter) x2

• Show a neatly centered, cropped image of a car (sharp) with a motion-blurred background

3-4) Pinwheel - blurred vs. sharp (fast AND slow shutter)

• Two identical shots except one shows the pinwheel's motion blurred and the other sharp.

5) Spray bottle burst (fast shutter)

• Capture the droplets emerging from a spray bottle in a way that shows them either "frozen" or with visible motion trails.

6) Bubbles (fast shutter)

• Capture floating bubbles as they are blown. Bonus for shooting with shallow depth of field.

7) Water splash (fast shutter)

• Capture the "frozen" water splash created by a rock falling into a clear cup full of water.

8) "Frozen" falling / thrown object (e.g. throwing leaves, jumping in air - fast shutter)

• Freestyle shot that demonstrates a fast shutter freezing action.

9) "Spinny ride" selfie (slow shutter)

• Hold your camera out and facing yourself, then shoot while spinning around in a chair in such a way that your face is clear but the spinny background blurs. Make sure you have enough space before attempting this!

10) Blurred people scene w. tripod (slow shutter)

• Set your camera on a tripod in a location where people are moving and take an image in such a way that all the people are noticeably motion-blurred but the background remains clear. NOTE: This might not work outside on a very sunny day.

• Alternate approach: Photograph your camera partner while they gesture or move. You could even experiment with them only moving part of their body (applause, arm gestures) to show movement in that area.

The challenge is to determine what shutter speed is necessary to achieve the desired effect. Try lots of different settings!

TO HAND IN:

1) Create a new Google Drive folder within your Photo 10 folder: "Shutter Speed Challenge"

2) Upload all ten (10) images to Classroom.

3) Rename the images with numbers that correspond to the shot list (or at least add the number before the rest of the file name).

4) Log metadata and complete the self-evaluation rubric, then hand in.

Reminder: Use this format for logging metadata:

(e.g.) S  1/500s   f/8   55mm   ISO-400