For this assignment, we used different ranges of shutter speed. Shutter speed is the amount of time the shutter is open. Shutter speeds range from very fast (freezing action) to very slow (blurring action). A picture with a fast shutter speed would be the fourth photograph of a girl jumping in the air. The approximate shutter speed I used for this photo was 1/500. If you were on a point and shoot camera, you would use a setting for fast action like sports. In this particular shot, the girl ran toward the camera and jumped off a small ledge. The camera was directly in front of her and a few feet away. To strengthen the photo, there was good use of positive and negative space, along with using the rule of thirds, lines, shapes, patterns, and texture in the background.
A good photograph with a slow shutter speed would be the last one of another girl jumping to catch the ball. The shutter speed I used on this shot was about 1/15- 1/30. On a point and shoot camera, you would use a nighttime setting to allow the shutter to stay open longer to let the maximum amount of light in. The act of the girl jumping to catch the red ball is extremely blurry to show use of the slow shutter speed. I was in front of the girl, and also a small distance away from her. For this shot, the neutral colors of her wardrobe look nicely with the line pattern of the darker bricks in the background of the photograph.
A good photograph with a slow shutter speed would be the last one of another girl jumping to catch the ball. The shutter speed I used on this shot was about 1/15- 1/30. On a point and shoot camera, you would use a nighttime setting to allow the shutter to stay open longer to let the maximum amount of light in. The act of the girl jumping to catch the red ball is extremely blurry to show use of the slow shutter speed. I was in front of the girl, and also a small distance away from her. For this shot, the neutral colors of her wardrobe look nicely with the line pattern of the darker bricks in the background of the photograph.