Shutter Speed

The two things that shutter speed effects is light and movement. Shutter speed is represented by fractions on the camera. The modes on the camera that allow for shutter manipulation is "S" for shutter speed and "M" for manual. The difference between shutter speed and manual is shutter speed offers more options. It can hold for 15 seconds and you can change the iso. You would want control of the shutter speed because of the movement that maybe your trying to capture of or of how much light you need. The photo on the left shows movement of Jorge breakdancing, and the one to the right shows a still pose of a break dance move.

ISO

In this photo we had our flash button on. The picture setting is in front of lights which you can't even tell is on because of the flash. You also can not tell that it is dark in the room, which it was.

In this photo we used the ISO 50 which is a mode that makes the photo appear darker, but it really captured the lights well, but the main focus was dark.

In this photo I used ISO 5000 which makes the lights show and also the main focus. This made the picture come out really great. The lights really stand out, because it captures the whole lights and the main foucs looks good also.


Overall using the ISO is a great source for taking pictures. It helps when you want to bring out lights and the main focus point. Using the flash also helps when it is dark outside, and you want to capture the moment.

Light Metering

In the first photo I held the shutter button half way down than took the picture and it captured the light of the computer and made the whole area around it dark, therefore I could'nt see George. In the second photo I metered from George's color skin and than came out and captured the photo. In this photo it captured all the lights and it also came out a little blurry. What is happening is the camera is catching the lights which it is most focused on. This is important because in times when it is dark and you want to capture something in particular if you use the metering your picture will come out better.

Personal Metaphor

“I feel liked I am trapped in a hour glass and time is passing me by”. That is my personal metaphor. I choose this metaphor because this is how I feel with my high school years coming to an end that time is just passing me quickly. I feel trapped in this whirlwind of time that I don’t know how to get out our make it stop. I am trying to express how I feel about my life at this point of time. The mood I wanted to capture was more of a confused mood. Like what is going on? The reason for that is because that is how I feel, as far as time just passing by.

The composition I have is I have a bush to the left. I also have a little centered bush with a shadow in the middle. To the right I have my hour glass with me trapped in it. I tried to give it the feel of it floating in the air with a dusty feel. But the thing I did wrong was put my shadow in the wrong place. My image does feel unified to me; because I live in the desert and that is were my life takes place. Having the hour glass placed in that area made it feel closer to home, and were all my time is passing me by at. Some may feel it isn’t the right place for the hour glass but I do, because it’s apart of me.

I feel I did well on my hour glass. I liked how it appears I’m inside of it. I also liked how I made the sand a different color and how I changed it to make it appear that it is falling down. The difficult thing was really trying to find a great background for my h our glass. I feel maybe I could have done my background better maybe add better shadows to my hour glass. I would maybe change my background to a different desert setting and also the color of the sand.