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.