Assignment 3: Motion

To give the feeling of motion in photography, you can use blur. You can create motion if there is none by giving motion to your camera, or by changing the shutter speeds. If you use different (faster) shutter speeds you can see things that the human eye can't by freezing motion. For example, you can capture a hummingbird mid-hover so that it hangs completely without motion in the air. Motion is a great way to create a story and to make photographs more beautiful. Here are some of my favorite motion pictures that I took this week:

Still Life Assignment

Still life is not my forte. I like shooting people much more, but I think these were some of my best still life pictures from this week. In both my wistful Barbie and my lime photo, I have a pretty great depth of field, nothings really out of focus. Both of these depth of fields were I think mostly affected by my distance from the subject. You can change your depth of field like that or by changing your shutter speed. Greater depths of field worked better (I think) for these two photos.

Everything and the kitchen sink...

Here are some of my favorite pictures from our out of class assignment.

First In Class Assignment

Here are some of my favorite pictures from our first assignment.

New Blog

Hi my name is Hope Atkins and I am a photography student at Charlottesville High School. I have loved photography for my entire life and took my first photography class in fifth grade. My favorite subjects to shoot are people, so I adore photojournalism and fahion photography. I can't wait to begin posting!

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