Time: Activity 4

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Find a photograph where the photographer has used a slow shutter speed and describe the subject matter including the background. Discuss any technical difficulties the photographer may have encountered and how these mat have been overcome. 
Discuss what happened to the depth of field and why. 
Discuss whether the image gives you the feeling of movement, stating the reasons for your conclusions.

In this photograph, the subject(girl) is clear with the background, the moving train, a blur. This is achieved with a slow shutter speed, but the depth of field doesn't go away, the capturing of motion makes there feel like there is more depth, and not just a flat image. Some technical difficulties that the photographer may have encountered are the subject moving because with such a slow shutter speed it is harder to capture the subject in the most clarity due to the slight movements that we all make. there could have also been a person or thing that interrupted the shot because with the longer exposure it would be easier to mess this photo up. This image gives me a feeling of movement because you can see the train moving in a blur in the background of the photo, the fact that it is blurred while the main subject is clear helps to define the motion in the picture.

Photo by Epstein Studios

Time: Activity 2

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Find an example of a photograph where the photographer has used a very fast shutter speed and describe the subject matter including the background. Discuss any technical difficulties the photographer may have encountered and how he or she may have overcome them. 

• Discuss what happened to the depth of field and why. 
• Discuss weather the image gives you the feeling of movement, stating the reasons for your conclusion. 

Photograph found on www.swingdans.com (no photographer listed)

This photographer used a technique called stop motion to capture the dance movements as they were happening. Everything is mostly clear because the shutter is so fast that it freezes the dancers literally in mid air. The most difficult thing about this is the overwhelming margin for error, the dancers could not jump at the right time, the shutter could be slow, the scene could have been set up wrong, dancing, especially swing dancing is very unpredictable so capturing a solid picture is very difficult. The depth of field is very shallow in the picture because it was staged, this is because you are using a fast shutter speed with a very large aperture to capture the most amount of light in the shortest amount of time. The image definitely gives me a feeling of movement because they are dancing and she is in mid air. You can also see this through the movement captured in their clothing. The girl's skirt is raised as if she is going down and the guy's jacket is skewed as if he has been swinging around. 

Time: Activity 1

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Look at a Henri Cartier-Bresson photograph and discuss why you think that capturing the decisive moment has added to the picture’s quality. 

Umbrella by Henri Cartier-Bresson

I chose this picture because I think if shows the innocence of young love. I think capturing the Decisive moment makes the image seem more relatable and real. Also it adds to the quality of the picture because it seems like the subject is not posed so it is more a quality candid than a staged picture. It just seems more powerful, just like pictures in the news they are not expected or planned so they have more impact knowing they are true and not fake.