Motion 1. How to effectively blur SOME motion for effective… Treatment of Motion 2. Understanding your lighting options

TOM Treatment of Motion is a widely used technique by news journalist, artist and nature photograp hers alike.

This is not an endorsement for motorcycles…they are dangerous… and should be avoided…like tattoos.

Blurry vs. Motion Blurry pictures from plain old camera shake or subject movement is just BAD. Slow Shutters with Controlled Blur…is “Treatment of Motion” –Panning with a subject when you have a slow shutter –Slow shutter with flash allow for brighter backgrounds

This is just BAD (slow shutter)

Direct Flash Results in DARK Backgrounds

Flash is One Dimensional

Not using flash is tricky Self portrait by Charity Daigle

Mixed Lighting is DIFFICULT Example photos by Charity Daigle

Flash frequently results in Red Eye To reduce red eye, increase ambient lighting and get flash further away from the camera (like with a flash bracket)

But, flash kills spontaneity Nikon D100, ISO 400, 1/400 at f/4.5, 200mm Vibration Reduction ON. NO FLASH.

Flash kills spontaneity

Balance Flash w/ Ambient Light The goal of using flash is generally to balance the flash with the ambient light.

Balance Flash w/ Ambient Light

Using Flash and Slow Shutters Flash indoors normally results in dark backgrounds. –Default sync speed is 1/60 –Slow shutters down to 1/15 –Increase ISO to improve ambient light of back grounds –Use even slower shutters to show more motion

Slow Shutter (no flash) Camera Action – Panning –When the subject is moving…and you move the camera WITH the subject…some objects will be sharp while others will be blurry The key here is to follow the action and press the shutter WHILE you are moving Using Av to control the shutter speed. –In this exposure mode, you set the aperture value…and the camera will set the shutter speed. –So, to slow the shutter down, close the aperture to a larger number. To speed up the shutter, open the aperture to a smaller number. –You can also use the ISO to control the Shutter speed. Lower # gives slower shutter speed. Higher number gives faster shutter.

Slow Shutter Special Effects –When the camera is perfectly still…some objects will be blurry while others will be perfectly normal…like the movie “The Shutter”. The key is to have proper exposure via EXPOSURE control Using Av to control the shutter speed. –In this exposure mode, you set the aperture value…and the camera will set the shutter speed. –So, to slow the shutter down, close the aperture to a larger number. To speed up the shutter, open the aperture to a smaller number. –You can also use the ISO to control the Shutter speed. Lower # gives slower shutter speed. Higher number gives faster shutter.

Slow Shutter WITH Flash Combines long exposure with high speed flash –The slow shutter exposes for the background –The flash exposes for the foreground.

Other Effects Having a slow shutter allows for –Zooming while exposing The flash exposes for the foreground. The long exposure allows for proper exposure of dark backgrounds (making them brighter) The Zoom will effectively blur the background streaking any lights while the flash keeps the foreground sharp and well exposed.

Panning with Flash

Class Exercise Slow Shutter: There are two options…we will do both. –Av (Aperture Priority) Change your aperture from f3.5 to 22 to get various shutter speeds. –Tv (Shutter Priority) Manual: Set SS to 1/15 or slower. Turn on your flash. Try slower shutter speeds. Also try zooming, rotating, panning. Lots of fun. At the fair, or sometime other time, on your own camera: –Many cameras today have a Night Portrait Mode. This is the mode where the icon has a person with a star over their head. This is a neat mode but NOT as useful as M (for Manual) because the camera may slow the camera down too much. –Use a tripod for portions of your pictures to be really sharp…while blurring other portions. If hand holding…keep your camera steady. Brace yourself on a table, etc

Conclusion Don’t always turn on the flash. –See what you can do to get by with no flash. –Increase your ISO –Change When you do turn on the flash…make it look natural. –Increase ISO to improve ambient lighting –Use bounce lighting –Use slow shutters

Lay-up by Dillon Dupre

REALLY old example shot at Central… on film

Self Portrait by me.

Motion Poster End objective is to produce a poster…similar to the three views. One large good example, with other examples.

There are THREE things that need to be changed at this step. 1. Type a name that ALL of your images will be named. VERY IMPORTANT! Do NOT just put Pictures…name it something very specific: Passport 2008 or Kayak July Change the location the photos will be store. Navigate to your P Drive. 3. Choose to "Delete pictures"...unless you are using your own camera. If you do NOT change the name in step 1, you risk having multiple images with the same name. Name this VERY specific to what you shot.