Magical Realism; The FLOAT Project

 

 

My inspiration for the photo was a picture that I found while surfing the Internet. My goal was to make it look like Emily, the model, was not jumping onto the wall, but was stuck to the wall by her feet and hands. Although it took more than a few shots to get this picture, I don't believe that there were any technical difficulties. The only artist challenge that I had to face was getting just the right angle to make it look like she was stuck to the wall. I finally resolved this issue by lying on ground and taking a picture looking up.

 

 

My inspiration and goal for this photo was to try to make it look like the subjects were floating in the air, with nothing supporting them. A technical challenge in taking this picture was Photoshopping the photo. The picture that I had taken without the subjects (and chairs that they were lying on) was much lighter that the photo with the subjects. In Photoshop, I had to blend the backgrounds of the two photos, while erasing the chairs altogether. Although I had a few technical difficulties, I didn't have any artist challenges.

My inspiration for this picture was the photo that Mr. Pedersen had shown us when the project was starting. My goal was to recreate some of the aspects of the photo (such as the flying water), while adding my own touch to it. A technical challenge was getting the water to hit the subject at the perfect time and the perfect spot. Luckily, we were able to take just a few pictures and get the right one, before getting the model too wet. A artistic challenge that I had to face was getting a new background for my photos. I didn't want all of my pictures to look like every other student's in the class, so I brought my camera down to the canyon and took my pictures there.

Creative Controls

Part 1:

1. Which Aperture makes a wider hole in the lens for light to come through? F/3.5
2. Which Aperture lets more light into the camera to hit the image sensor? F/5.6
3. Which Aperture keeps more of the foreground and background in focus? F/11
4. Which Shutter Speed is faster?  1/200 second
5. Which Shutter Speed keeps the door in the camera open for more time? 1/30 second
6. Which Shutter Speed is best for stopping action? 1/200 second

Part 2:

AV 4.5

AV 5.6



 AV 8

 

With the three pictures above, I adjusted just the Aperture, using Aperture Priority. The first image shows a picutre taken at F/4.5, the second at F/5.6, and the thirds at F/8. The difference between the three photos is is their depth of field. As shown above, a lower Aperture has a shallow depth of field, but when the Aperture is increased, more of the background comes in focus, as shown in the last photo.

 

TV 1/10

TV 1/60

 TV 1/500

The three photos above show the different products when the exposure time is increased and decreased and the subject is not moving. In the first picture, the exposure was open for too long, letting too much light in and resulting in a washed out picture. As the shutter speed increases, less light is let in, resutling in a darker picture.

 

TV 1/10

TV 1/60

TV 1/500

These photos demonstrate the product when the shutter speed is changed and the subject is moving. The top photo shows a shutter speed of 1/10, the middle shows 1/60, and the bottom shows 1/500. As shown above, a lower shutter speed (1/10) makes the moving object blurry. On the other hand, a high shutter speed (1/500) almost completely stops the motion of the object.

 

 

 TV 1/10

TV 1/60

 TV 1/500

The three photos above show the different results when the shutter speed is changed and the camera is panning. As shown in the first photo, when the shutter speed is low (1/10),

the whole photo is blurry and it gives the apearance that the subject is moving very fast. In the middle photo, the shutter speed is increased and only part of the photo is blurry (the boots). In the last picture, when the shutter speed is increased even more, the motion of the subject is frozen completely.

 

 

 Part 3:

 

1. Depth of field is how much of the photo is in focus and how much is blurry. With a shallow depth of field, the object in the front is in focus, while the background is blurry. With a deep depth of field, the whole photo is in focus.

 

2. If you were taking a picture of a flower and wanted the leaves in the background the be blurry, you would want to use a wide Aperture. Filling the frame would help you create this effect.

 

3. Different shutter speeds effected the lighting of my photos as well as the blur. A low shutter speed (1/10) creates a washed out blurry photo, while a high shutter speed (1/500) creates a darker photo where the motion is stopped.