Photography post #4 Motion.

Owen Paznokas
The Beginner's Photography Guide
By Chris Gactum

Motion. Motion is part of our everyday lives, running, walking, transport by car or airplane. To get anywhere or to do anything you have to use motion. Photos are commonly mistaken to be snapshots of life, or a frozen moment in time. However, even when taking a picture of a racing car, or a diving hawk, there is no possible way to completely freeze that motion. Instead, the photo is taken by allowing a certain amount of time to reach the sensor or film. Even at 1/1000 of a second, there is still movement.

One cool effect that can be made using motion is to create blur. "slower shutter speeds can be employed intentionally to allow something to appear blurred in your picture" (Gactum 68). As I set out on a walk I sought to blur water on a river while it moved. 

 This picture is taken at 1/6 of a second.
 The second picture is taken at 1/160 of a second.

These two pictures I took clearly demonstrate the effect that motion can have on a picture. One seemingly frozen in time, whereas the other shows a living feeling, the movement of the water still alive within the photo. "to appear blurred while the camera has set an aperture that provides a good overall exposure" (Gactum 69). As you can tell, these two photos let the same amount of light into the sensor overall, just by different types and rates.

My question is, what would be other cool things to blur with slow shutter speeds?


Resources:
Gactum, Chris. Beginner's Photography Guide. Dorling Kindersley Ltd, 2016.