Task 3

Task 3

Ryan Goldsmith

High speed photography

How it’s done.

High speed photography is done with an extremely fast shutter speed which allows you to freeze the movement within the image.

You will want to ensure that there is plenty of light where you are taking the shot because the more light that is let into your camera the faster the shutter speed you can achieve therefore the greater and stiller the shot. This means that using a wide aperture like f8 would be better for shots like these.

You will often want to be close to the subject to ensure that you have full focus on the desired area when using a wide aperture, although adjusting and experimenting with focal length could be worth trying.

Using continuous shooting will allow you to take numerous images in a matter of seconds allowing for a better chance of getting that shot that you were looking for.

Multiple exposure photography

How it’s done.

This can be achieved by using the multiple exposure function that is found in some cameras but only very few have this function available to them.

If this function is not available to you then you can use another simple technique to achieve the same effect.

This is where you you take multiple images, you then transfer them into Photoshop. When in Photoshop you can layer the images up on top of each other and using the tools to adjust opacity you can determine which images come through stronger.

You will have a base image which a lot of the time will provide a shape for the rest of the images to fit into. This will mean cutting away any excess of the other images which protrudes out of this shape.

The key to a good final look to your multiple exposure image is that you have blended them together so it looks as though they are meant to be part of one and other.