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Create four images that contain a mixture of solid (sharp) and fluid (blur) forms. Using the camera that you have been checked out, create these four images as creatively and artistically as you can!

 These four pictures contain the mixture of solid (sharp) and fluid (blur) forms. I worked with what I had and tried as best as I could to make those two work for these pictures. I tried many different things with making the subject holding something and making it move but made the subject stand

 still as the other object moved. As well as having the subject stand still and everything around it still or another person around the subject move.

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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 may have been overcome.

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The subject matter in this picture is the subway moving in the background. The man is still and waiting for the subway to stop. I think some technical difficulties would have getting a perfect shutter speed because you can ever see the other side of the stop through the train. Also it could have been getting a perfect shot since the train moves so fast and having to wait. Also lighting could have been a major factor when taking this picture. I think the photographer possibly waited and until the train came and took as many pictures as possible to see which they could pick out of the many. As well as trying their best to work with the light.

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Take four images of a running or jumping figure using fast shutter speeds (faster than 1/250 second). Vary the direction of travel in relation to the camera and attempt to fill the figure. Examine the image for any movement blur and discuss the focusing technique used.

Take four images of the same movement subject using shutter speeds between 1/15 and 1/125 second. Pan the camera to follow the movement. The primary subject should again fill the frame. Discuss the visual effect of each image.









Most of these pictures are very well focused. I would zoom in and out a lot and move around as well to make sure the subjects were very well seen.  The only things that are very blurry are the basket ball and of course the backgrounds. Of course in my opinion I think these were great photo options.

These pictures are very blurry, with the slow shutter speed it didn't have much time to catch the subject clearly. The nice thing is that it caught the subject in air when she would jump and caught her facial expression when she walked. I try to make sure to get as focused in as I could before I took each picture.

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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 whether the image gives you the feeling of movement, stating the reasons for your conclusion

The subject is the fist pushing itself into the water. You can see the resistance and you can tell how fast the fist was being pushed into the water. The background is very plain and simple black so you can focus on the subject, and the details of the water. There's really no depth of field in this picture, but this picture really gives you feeling of movement. You can see the movement of the fist into the water and the detail of resistance and how fast the hand was moving. Technical difficulties could have been angling the camera a certain way and not getting the right picture because of the equipment needed.

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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

I think this picture was taken at this exact time because of how the man was dressed. He is wearing all black and it fits the dark, gloomy, and creepy looking scenery behind him. The man seems kind of lonesome but that he doesn't mind it and that scene behinds it has the same look as well. He really goes with this picture and it all just kind of comes together. He may be almost to the center but its perfect because you see him, as well as the scenery. This picture doesn't just drag you to one spot or distract you and keep you there.

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Create a landscape utilizing foreground subject matter to create a sense of depth. Discuss how the resulting image is likely to be read by the viewer.

I think this resulting image is likely to be read as plain and normal. Just like regular open space and a pathway to something else, possibly other things. Many people can see many other things and get many ideas from a simple picture like this. The pathway can be to something else, and people like the look of the pathway and the old trucks, and rusty, antique look on the side. Showing that there could be much more out there with the pathway, and that new things could be beyond the pathway and they are moving on from old things. Things like this could be seen by the viewer.

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Create two photographs in a location with tall buildings or trees using both formats. Create a closed and open landscape at one location. Discuss the different ways we read the resulting images.

 This picture is a closed Landscape Picture. It's closed in because of the trees and plants that are taking over the side leaving only a small amount of space open. I think we would read this as being closed in, and having some type of closure. There isn't much to take from this picture. I think when you have a closed landscape you can't do much with it, you just have to stick with what is already there for you. It can also help when you don't have a lot of ideas for what you want to take pictures, so you can do closed landscapes because everything is kind of already there for you. I think when people used close landscapes, they like that everything is just there for them and its a passing use for a somewhat good picture, they having it all there and that they don't have to alter much.

This picture is an open Landscape Picture. You can see the open space over the tiny hill that the picture was taken. I think we would read this as freedom, and being open. We can do a lot with an open space, and we can take different ideas from it. We can make our own thing out of it or we can use what it gives us. I think we have a lot more options with an open landscape than a closed one. I think when people take pictures of mostly open landscape it says a lot about them, they like the freedom, they like the openness, and they like having an open mind with the option that they can do anything with the landscape they are using for the type of picture they want or that they could just leave it alone and still have a great picture there for them.