Photoshoot: Shutter Speed and movement

The purpose of this shoot is to look at capturing movement using shutter speed and different settings on the camera.

In this shoot we were told to play the role of boxers in order to capture movement.

Next we were given three tennis balls to throw in the sky to capture movement and practice focusing on a moving object.

Francesca Woodman

Woodman was an American artist born in 1958 and started taking photos at age 13. Later in life she was well known for her black and white images which many were self portraits where she utilises shutter speed to make the images appear ghostly by obscuring the face and parts of the body. She grew up surrounded by art her father George was a painter and her mother a sculptor. Her brother Charles Woodman grew up to be an electronic artist. Unfortunately, Woodman suffered with mental health conditions and committed suicide at age 22