Zone Focus: Focusing on one spot where you know that a lot of action happens.
Shutter Speed: When shooting sports, you usually need a fast shutter speed with a big aperture to freeze action. If you use a medium shutter speed you will capture action rather then freezing it.
Panning: Panning is when you follow a subject that is in motion. This will allow you to use a little bit slower shutter speed then usually used so that you can adjust to the bad lighting in most gyms or night games outside. Also, this will keep the subject in focus and the background blurred.
Waiting for the Pause: When waiting for the pause you are simply waiting for the change in action. An example would be when a soccer player is running towards the goal one way and the other team gets the ball so he has to stop to turn and run the other way.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Austin Architecture
1 Light
2 Surroundings
3 Surroundings
4 Surroundings
5 Shapes
6 Angles
7 Light
8 Angles
9 Light
10 Surroundings
11 Light
12 Surroundings
13 Patterns
14 Angles
15 Shapes
16 Angles/Patterns
My favorite photo was number 9. I like how the photographer used a long shutter speed to get the blur of the car tail lights and the brightness of the lights on the building. This photo shows the lighting of the building along with the shapes and surroundings. The building is very unique and I think that this photo does a good job at bringing out the beautiful architecture.
2 Surroundings
3 Surroundings
4 Surroundings
5 Shapes
6 Angles
7 Light
8 Angles
9 Light
10 Surroundings
11 Light
12 Surroundings
13 Patterns
14 Angles
15 Shapes
16 Angles/Patterns
My favorite photo was number 9. I like how the photographer used a long shutter speed to get the blur of the car tail lights and the brightness of the lights on the building. This photo shows the lighting of the building along with the shapes and surroundings. The building is very unique and I think that this photo does a good job at bringing out the beautiful architecture.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Sports
I want to shoot disc golf.
Im going to try and shoot this weekend at Mary Moore park.
Safety shots:
someone throwing the disc
my friends before they play
simple action shots
Money shots:
the disc goinging into basket
someone throwing using a "backhand" throw
Im going to try and shoot this weekend at Mary Moore park.
Safety shots:
someone throwing the disc
my friends before they play
simple action shots
Money shots:
the disc goinging into basket
someone throwing using a "backhand" throw
Friday, March 7, 2008
What the judges have to say
Melissa Golden
Her story was about Senior citizens
Photojournalism
Problems:
Not many of the pictures stood out.
They have seen the story before.
There was really only one good portrait.
What they liked:
She captured a good portrait.
She got action with the softball photo.
My impression:
I liked the photo story more then the random pictures at the beginning. The photo story had nicer photographs and she attempted to used better techniques like lighting in those photos. In the beginning photos she failed to use many techniques.
Josh Birnbahm
His story was about the wheel chair basketball
Mostly sports
Problems:
Used bad angles.
The shots had potential but he didn't wait for the moments.
All were secondary pictures, nothing was strong.
Things they liked:
He caught the moment with the soccer picture.
He used good lighting in a few pictures that had good faces in them.
My impression:
I liked that alot of his photos had emotion in them and he caught some of the people at a good time to show how they were really feeling. But, some of his photos just weren't that great. I didn't like them at all. Some were boring and lame.
Nick Adams
Photojournalism
Problems:
The photos don't say anything, you have to read the long caption to understand it.
He cut of too much of the heads in multiple pictures.
They are really tired of kids in the photos.
What they liked:
The photos were mostly good graphically even though some weren't photojournalism.
The way he used silhouettes.
My impression:
I liked a lot of the techniques he used like the silhouettes. One of his pictures would be really boring while the next would be really busy.
Alyssa Schukar
Photojournalism
Problems:
The photos weren't up close and personal.
There weren't enough strong singles.
The whole story was dark except for a select few.
What they liked:
Good graphics.
She used good a good background with the pastel colors.
My impression:
Her story was pretty dark and I didn't enjoy that. She only two pictures that I really liked and the rest were just kind of boring.
The Winning Story
Strengths:
He was right up there with the athletes in the photos. He captured photos where everyone was doing something
Weaknesses:
There were not many weaknesses. One thing they did say though was that two of the pictures were very similar, just done with another sport.
Deciding the winner:
The judges simply picked out the portfolios that had bad pictures in them. The winner had no bad pictures in it.
I agree with the judges on the picture of the sumo wrestler on the escalator because I like the photo too. I think that the photographer caught a good moment with the ladies reaction
Her story was about Senior citizens
Photojournalism
Problems:
Not many of the pictures stood out.
They have seen the story before.
There was really only one good portrait.
What they liked:
She captured a good portrait.
She got action with the softball photo.
My impression:
I liked the photo story more then the random pictures at the beginning. The photo story had nicer photographs and she attempted to used better techniques like lighting in those photos. In the beginning photos she failed to use many techniques.
Josh Birnbahm
His story was about the wheel chair basketball
Mostly sports
Problems:
Used bad angles.
The shots had potential but he didn't wait for the moments.
All were secondary pictures, nothing was strong.
Things they liked:
He caught the moment with the soccer picture.
He used good lighting in a few pictures that had good faces in them.
My impression:
I liked that alot of his photos had emotion in them and he caught some of the people at a good time to show how they were really feeling. But, some of his photos just weren't that great. I didn't like them at all. Some were boring and lame.
Nick Adams
Photojournalism
Problems:
The photos don't say anything, you have to read the long caption to understand it.
He cut of too much of the heads in multiple pictures.
They are really tired of kids in the photos.
What they liked:
The photos were mostly good graphically even though some weren't photojournalism.
The way he used silhouettes.
My impression:
I liked a lot of the techniques he used like the silhouettes. One of his pictures would be really boring while the next would be really busy.
Alyssa Schukar
Photojournalism
Problems:
The photos weren't up close and personal.
There weren't enough strong singles.
The whole story was dark except for a select few.
What they liked:
Good graphics.
She used good a good background with the pastel colors.
My impression:
Her story was pretty dark and I didn't enjoy that. She only two pictures that I really liked and the rest were just kind of boring.
The Winning Story
Strengths:
He was right up there with the athletes in the photos. He captured photos where everyone was doing something
Weaknesses:
There were not many weaknesses. One thing they did say though was that two of the pictures were very similar, just done with another sport.
Deciding the winner:
The judges simply picked out the portfolios that had bad pictures in them. The winner had no bad pictures in it.
I agree with the judges on the picture of the sumo wrestler on the escalator because I like the photo too. I think that the photographer caught a good moment with the ladies reaction
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