Assignment #8 - Long Exposure
I can use a long shutter speed to sharply capture the stationary objects within the images while blurring, or smearing, the moving elements within the image.
Shot M mode, MUST use a tripod - Listed below are 4 types of long exposure photography - 10+ long exposure
Total images due: 10
When shooting in the dark with your camera on a tripod move slowly and carefully not to knock over your camera. If you use any type of fire/fireworks use at your won risk it's not required to fulfill this assignment. Optional items you might need, black tape, flashlight, ND filer, remote, and flash. Settings and equipment you must have to ensure quality images:
Use Google Classroom
Labeling images:
Last Name
Shot M mode, MUST use a tripod - Listed below are 4 types of long exposure photography - 10+ long exposure
Total images due: 10
When shooting in the dark with your camera on a tripod move slowly and carefully not to knock over your camera. If you use any type of fire/fireworks use at your won risk it's not required to fulfill this assignment. Optional items you might need, black tape, flashlight, ND filer, remote, and flash. Settings and equipment you must have to ensure quality images:
- Tripod
- Remote Shutter release (use camera timer) - optional - use timer if you don't have a remote available.
- Low ISO
- Mid-range Aperture f/8 and above - Use this if you want everything in focus. It works best to capture landscapes, cityscapes, car tail lights with motion blur, water or star trails. Also, using a smaller aperture will give street lights a “star-like” effect.
- Lower Aperture f/1.4 - Wide Aperture = More light. Use this if your subject will benefit from a shallow depth of field for example, a lit fountain in front of a building where you want the fountain to be in focus and the building slightly blurred.
- Shutter Speed 1/3 or slower or Bulb mode (B)
- MF (Manual Focus) on the lens after you focused on the stationary objects.
- Daytime: Water becomes more like a low-lying fog, and clouds lose their definition. Slow-moving people, animals and traffic take on an almost animated quality which is otherwise difficult to achieve in a still photo, and fast-moving objects become almost invisible. You can use a long exposure to turn almost any scene into something that looks less like a photo and more like the creation of someone’s imagination. Shooting during the day waterfalls without an ND Neutral Density Filter (comes in stops examples 10 stops) Street shooting
- Night: Taking long exposure images at night can be perfected with practice and by learning to recognize the lighting conditions and how to adjust the camera to meet those conditions. Depending of what you have to work with, your shutter speed can be anything from 1/60th of a second to several minutes. You can add a filter to create a star effect. Low Light Photography
- Light Painting: Paint an outline of an object or write words. You can use colored lights, flash lights any light source. Get creative!
- Star Trails: As Earth spins under the sky, the stars appear to move. When a camera captures that movement, that’s called a star trail. The night sky needs to be clear, little to no moon light. How to Photograph Star Trails - Software needed StarStaX its free.
Use Google Classroom
Labeling images:
Last Name
Examples of Light Painting
Examples taken by students and Mrs. Harris
Rubric - Long Exposure
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Emerging |
Competent |
Exemplary |
Use of Equipment (0-20 pts.) |
All or some of the image(s) are out of focus. Poor image quality, with incorrect exposure. Poor use of camera functions. |
Good image quality, proper exposure. Basic camera functions clearly understood. |
Outstanding images quality, with correct exposure. Excellent use of camera function. |
Composition (0-10 pts.) |
Does not use rule of 1/3, leading lines, balance, framing, selective focus (DOF). |
Use of one or more compositional techniques, rule of 1/3, leading lines, balance, framing, selective focus (DOF). |
Always uses two or more compositional techniques in photographs. |
Application of concepts learned (0-20 pts.) |
Images show minimal evidence of requirements. Concepts not visible in the images. |
Shows evidence of some requirements, missing one or two concepts learned |
Images meet or exceeds required concepts learned. |
Assignment (0-20 pts.) |
Didn't turn any images in, didn't photograph anything. |
Turned in half of the images, some images represent the assignment. |
Turned in the correct number of images, images represent assignment. |
Effort (0-10 pts.) |
Minimal or no effort |
Shows effort but it appears to be rushed or little effort given to details of the assignment. |
Effort went beyond the requirements of the assignment. |
Creativity (0-10 pts.) |
Didn't connect any prior knowledge learned to images or develop unique images. |
Made some connections to prior learning while using someone else's ideas. |
Used a wide variety of ideas to fulfill the assignment with unique and unusual images. With clear evidence of using prior knowledge. |
Participation (0-10 pts.) |
Didn't participate or comment during instructional time. |
Good participation, offers good insight during instructional time. |
Excellent participation offering mindful insight during instructional time. |