Depth of Field & Shutter Speed
Depth of Field - "In optics, particularly as it relates to film and photography, depth of field (DOF), also called focus range or effective focus range, is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image."
Shutter Speed - "In photography, shutter speed or exposure time is the length of time when the film or digital sensor inside the camera is exposed to light, also when a camera's shutter is open when taking a photograph. The amount of light that reaches the film or image sensor is proportional to the exposure time."
In order to develop a photographer's mindset and vision, I decided to capture a few photographs with a SLR camera whilst using the technique of depth of field and shutter speed. Here are my experimental photographs:
The composition is a key aspect in capturing photographs. As well as using the techniques of the depth of field and shutter speed, I also managed to capture the Rules of Third in a few of these photographs. This helped to define the scale, precision and help to create and explore my own visual style of the photographs. Furthermore, all these photographs involve the shutter speed being conformed to capture the exposure in the photograph. The shutter speed is the time the shutter is open. The objective of this task was to alter the aperture (expressed as an f-number) which controls the brightness of the image that passes through the lens and falls on the image sensor. Whilst adjusting the aperture to a higher number e.g 'f8' would darker the image on the image sensor, hence darker the resulting photograph such as the first experimental image shown above. Lowering the aperture e.g. 'f2' would result in the brightness being increased in the photograph. Managing the exposure characterises an essence in a photograph. For example, having a dark exposure will create a mysterious and gloomy ambience whilst a light exposure will give a sense of lively and content. I believe that I succeeded in experimenting with the depth of field and shutter speed as the photographs bright and dark exposures turned out respectively satisfying without any adaption of Adobe Photoshop. I managed to capture the right framing and brightness in these photographs which was the aim for this task.
Despite John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" (1972) is about the representations of men and women in visual culture entice different "gazes, different ways in which they are looked at, with men having the legitimizations of examining women and women also examine other women, it can also be seen in a different perspective, which is the way we see life. As of today's generation, we are so consumed by social media that we forget to actually 'look' and observe what is around us. Going around campus capturing photographs made me realise that we are so ungrateful for not appreciating nature and life, adjusting the exposure to bright or dark made me realise that manipulation is more significant and believable in today's society than actually observing the reality with our own eyes.
A camera's shutter speed can control exposure, but it's also one of the most powerful creative tools in photography. It can convey motion, freeze action, isolate subject and smooth water, amongst other abilities. Michael Bosanko is a photographer who focuses on slow shutter speed and is an influence to my experimental photographs.
Although the photograph portrays light painting and abstract, this photograph conveys slow shutter speed formed into a kaleidoscopic form. Bosanko's ideology is similar to my adapted perspective of Berger's "Ways of Seeing". Bosanko has captured the essence of life with the technique of slow shutter speed to create a interesting perspective. The photograph below reveals the beauty that we forget to actually preserve for. Bosanko work is important to society because he's trying to capture the beauty of nature and reconstruct our love for life rather than be consumed by social media. Using slow shutter speed it almost freeze's the beauty so we can appreciate what's in front of us.
Shutter Speed - "In photography, shutter speed or exposure time is the length of time when the film or digital sensor inside the camera is exposed to light, also when a camera's shutter is open when taking a photograph. The amount of light that reaches the film or image sensor is proportional to the exposure time."
In order to develop a photographer's mindset and vision, I decided to capture a few photographs with a SLR camera whilst using the technique of depth of field and shutter speed. Here are my experimental photographs:
The composition is a key aspect in capturing photographs. As well as using the techniques of the depth of field and shutter speed, I also managed to capture the Rules of Third in a few of these photographs. This helped to define the scale, precision and help to create and explore my own visual style of the photographs. Furthermore, all these photographs involve the shutter speed being conformed to capture the exposure in the photograph. The shutter speed is the time the shutter is open. The objective of this task was to alter the aperture (expressed as an f-number) which controls the brightness of the image that passes through the lens and falls on the image sensor. Whilst adjusting the aperture to a higher number e.g 'f8' would darker the image on the image sensor, hence darker the resulting photograph such as the first experimental image shown above. Lowering the aperture e.g. 'f2' would result in the brightness being increased in the photograph. Managing the exposure characterises an essence in a photograph. For example, having a dark exposure will create a mysterious and gloomy ambience whilst a light exposure will give a sense of lively and content. I believe that I succeeded in experimenting with the depth of field and shutter speed as the photographs bright and dark exposures turned out respectively satisfying without any adaption of Adobe Photoshop. I managed to capture the right framing and brightness in these photographs which was the aim for this task.
Despite John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" (1972) is about the representations of men and women in visual culture entice different "gazes, different ways in which they are looked at, with men having the legitimizations of examining women and women also examine other women, it can also be seen in a different perspective, which is the way we see life. As of today's generation, we are so consumed by social media that we forget to actually 'look' and observe what is around us. Going around campus capturing photographs made me realise that we are so ungrateful for not appreciating nature and life, adjusting the exposure to bright or dark made me realise that manipulation is more significant and believable in today's society than actually observing the reality with our own eyes.
A camera's shutter speed can control exposure, but it's also one of the most powerful creative tools in photography. It can convey motion, freeze action, isolate subject and smooth water, amongst other abilities. Michael Bosanko is a photographer who focuses on slow shutter speed and is an influence to my experimental photographs.
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