My initial project theme was on "displacement". Usually this would involve a liquid collision with a physical object, but due to some limitations, later concepts became immensely scaled down or differed from that idea. I was largely inspired by a slow motion YouTube channel I'm subscribed to. I've also drawn some experience from a sleuth of other places such as Google and particularly Pinterest. This is also where I decided to choose the variables/constants that I wanted to manipulate/keep respectively, where the physical objects were the variables and the involvement of a liquid was a constant.
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| Food coloring in water 1/500 f/1.8 ISO 1600 |
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| Food coloring in water 1/800 f/1.8 ISO 1600 |
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| Fried chicken cutlet 1/1000 f/2.5 ISO 1600 |
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| Fried chicken cutlet 1/1000 f/2.5 ISO 1600 |
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| Fried chicken cutlet 1/1000 f/2.5 ISO 1600 |
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| BTS |
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| JV Softball 1/400 f/5.6 ISO 100 |
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| JV Softball 1/640 f/4.5 ISO 100 |
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| JV Softball 1/640 f/4.5 ISO 100 |
I will be selecting the second food coloring in water concept and the first JV Softball concept images to discuss.
In both images, showing frozen action/motion was crucial, but the food coloring one had far more artistic demonstration whilst the softball one was far more technical in demonstrating frozen action. The immense setup behind the food coloring photo was a challenge, as well as the fluorescent difficulties I had (explained in fast shutter part 1 post). As for the softball one, I believe that finding the right angle to capture the photo was particularly challenging, since there were a variety of areas that were restricted and gated off, but I found a spot (this is a game against Kaimuki at their field). As for editing and subjects, they were particularly easy and didn't require any setup (which in retrospect works against my stretch factor, but I digress). Editing for these photos required typical treatment according to the style in which I personally edit, but the food coloring photo required more coloring corrections. I feel that these photos best demonstrate my application and knowledge of fast shutter due to the work that went behind them, especially the food coloring one.
After completion of this fast shutter project, I am somewhat comfortable using fast shutter speeds. I understand that my demonstrations were indeed lacking in diversity and didn't tie in to my primary theme, and that I actually took step backs as the concepts progressed, which does not work in favor of providing stretch to this project. Still, on a scale of 1-10 I feel that I still float around 9-10. Finding a unifying theme has been a consistent difficulty with a majority of my photos this year, so I hope to improve that. All of the technical aspects of digital photography, I have a general grasp of. But truly capturing artistic theories and ideas will remain a goal of mine
