WHAT IS SHUTTER SPEED?
Shutter speed is the speed at which the shutter of the camera closes. The size of the shutter speed effects how the image turns out. On a faster shutter speed, the image will be sharper and more clear whereas on a slow shutter speed, the picture will be more blurry.
For example, a slow shutter speed of 1/2 means the camera is letting light into the lens for half a second, whereas a fast shutter speed of 1/2000 means the shutter is open for one-two-thousandths of a second.
PHOTOSHOOT
For my photoshoot, I aimed to create as much movement as possible to show off the effects of a slow shutter speed. We started off by throwing balls into the air and capturing their fall before trying to create movement with our bodies. To do this we tried multiple actions including spinning, jumping, punching, etc.
BEST SHOTS
EDITING BEST SHOT
To start off, I knew I wanted to change the brightness as they pictures were way too bright, then I focused on just making the overall picture better. After that, I used the dodge and burn tool on photoshop to really define the areas that I wanted to pop out more.
Here are the adjustments I made:
THE FINAL EDIT
JOHN BALDESSARI RESEARCH
John Baldessari was initially an artist but began to incorporate photography in his canvas in the mid-1960s. He was born June 17, 1931 in California and attended Sweetwater High School and San Diego State College where he received his Master of Arts in Painting. He then went on to study at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1956, he started a painting class at San Diego State College, and he continued to teach along with creating his own works of art for the rest of his career. In 1970, he began working in printmaking, film, video, sculpture, and photography before moving into photomontage in 1980.
In 1970, John Baldessari and five friends burnt all of the paintings he had created in the time between 1953 to 1966 as a part of a new project he call The Cremation Project. He baked the ashes of the painting into cookies and placed in an urn. Throughout this process, Baldessari created connections between artistic practice and the human life cycle.