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Timing and position is everything! It’s the photographer’s job to look and anticipate where and how the action is going to unfold, and then be ready to capture it. Know the game and anticipate the shot.
ACTIVITY: Work in teams of two or three and create action for each other. Be careful and safe. Make sure you consider the light, check the background for distractions, take more shots than you need, and Be fast. Take advantage of the active space. The action is potential, therefore, observe the direction that the subject is facing, move the subject from the middle and leave space within the photograph for that potential energy.
The dead space is behind the subject, leave it out.
Consider the light: Light is important when photographing movement. “If you’re outside on a bright sunny day, you can capture action easily. But what if the light is fading or you’re indoors? Just raise your ISO or use your on-camera flash.
Check the background: Always review the background when you’re framing your shot. “Check out the surroundings. If there are distractions in the background, move around to get a better shot. You can get up close to the action by using your zoom or change your angle by standing on a ladder or lying on the ground.
Take More Shots Than You Need: Always keep shooting. With digital photography, you don’t need to pay for film or processing, your only limit is the amount of space on your camera’s memory card.
ABOVE: Dead space is behind the ball runner, and is not a good example.
Be Fast: Be ready to shoot. Action happens very fast. To capture images in quick succession, select your camera’s Continuous Mode or burst function and hold your finger down on the shutter button.
Take advantage of the Active Space — In both action and portrait shots, one rule of thumb is to give your subject or point of interest space or room to move. If you are photographingan action shot and your subject is dead center, it tends to stop the action. People’s eyes tend to follow the movement. Without active space in front of the action, the viewer’s eye moves off the photograph.
You create active space in front of the moving object. This also works for portraits. If a person is looking to the right, more space will need to be added to the right of the picture to create the active space. Dead space is what is behind the action or focus. Dead space can sometimes be just as important as long as that space if filled with something dramatic.
Tim Kemple Photography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlOpsqBjWXY
OPTIONS
- Moving your subject into a more appropriate position
- Waiting for the background to become more suitable (people getting out of the way, for example)
- Changing your position and shoot from an alternative angle
ACTION PHOTOGRAPHER RESEARCH
- Google search action photographers whose life and images inspire you.
- Select one to research and register on the sign - up sheet. Sub has that sheet. (if not, email me the information) Remember, only one student per photographer, although you may talk about the same subject they shoot.
- Find personal information about the photographer. Make sure there is enough information before you settle on the artist.
- Where they were born
- Where grew up and went to college.
- How do they make their living?
- How did they get their start or developed as a photographer
- What are their accomplishments
- What is their subject of focus?
- ANSEL ADAMS is a Landscape photographer
- DOROTHEA LANGE: Social realist photographer and photojournalist
- Football, soccer, snow boarding, ice skating, etc. Find something that ispires you
- Create the PowerPoint on Google docs and share it with me.
- Remember to site your sources: not just the website, but the title of the website, when it was published and the web address. APA format.
- 8 pages minimum. (Like the flower and plant photographer)
- Title Page
- Introduction of photographer with portrait of the photographer
- Biographical information
- Inspiration of their work. Why the capture the subject matter that they do.
- Five (5) different images they created. Include the title, date and name of the piece
- Citation page
- Cite your photos per page.
- Share with me at kgmortensen@gmail.com
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