3rd October 2012 - WRL 1 - Shoot Challenge 1

Shoot challenge 1- Shutter Speeds/Apertures/Focal Lengths/Panning

For this shoot challenge we had to go out and shoot using different techniques such as comparing sharpness between apertures and panning with cars to get motion blur. Below is images that i took on the day:

This was shot at F 1.8 using a big aperture to get the foreground to be sharp and the background has a soft focus effect. This is useful for when you are trying to exaggerate an area in the foreground.

This was shot at F. 8 which helped me to blur the foreground and keep the background sharp. I am not keen on this effect in this instance but it may be helpful in the future.

Using a low aperture to shoot a portrait.
Shot at 2.8
Good effect to shoot portraits with because the soft focus draws attention to the subject.

This was a panning attempt gone wrong.
This was shot at F.4 at 1/15th to get the motion blur.
This attempt failed because i panned to quickly which left nothing in focus.

This was another panning shot.
Shot at F2.8 so the shutter speed was a bit quicker, which allows less motion blur.
This in my opinion is not as effective but shows more clarity.
If i was to do this properly i would use flash to freeze the action but continue the motion.

After the session i had learnt that panning can be used effectively but i did not manage to capture this. I think that panning would be useful in a sports situations if you are trying to capture a sense of movement, but i would use a faster shutter speed to capture less blur and hopefully a better image.