November 7, 2007

I have finished my project completely. I have numerous examples of different shutter speeds used in different scenarios. I have everything organized and am ready to put everything into a small presentation for class. Just an hour and a half and you can see my project. I really do believe that I have successfully made a project that illustrates how shutter speed affects time within a still frame of photography, and that is what I set out to do.

November 7, 2007

I have just finished making all but one of my prints for my project. I have been able to successfully print from images using more than half of the shutter speeds possible on my camera. All are from different scenarios and illustrate accurately how time passes even in a still frame. I am excited to make my presentation in class tomorrow. I will probably make another post in the morning once I finish my last print, when I have everything ready. I believe I have made it possible to see the passage of time in photography and that is exactly what I set out to do.

November 6th, 2007

I got more film developed for my photos today, which means I also took more pictures. I have decided to do differing shots of differing scenarios in which time is either stopped or continuing in the frame. At first I thought that I would take photos of the exact same subject at different shutter speeds. However, I thought it would be more interesting to see how shutter speed would effect the same thing but in different situations, such as different light sources and different subject matter. It will still illustrate the fact that shutter speed plays with how time is represented in photography, but I believe it will be more interesting to see all over and in multiple scenarios. I believe it will give my project more depth in what I am trying to say about shutter speed.

Saturday, November 3

Today I took many pictures relating to both the idea of freezing a moment in time as well as letting time pass within a photograph. I wanted to do something simple, so the time passing could easily be seen with the differing shutter speeds. It turns out that this task is actually more difficult than I initially anticipated, but I should be able to get some good examples and and good idea of what changing shutter speed does to affect how my camera documents time. It is tough to get a good print of the actions because the lighting is not perfect, but I believe that what I have gotten should be satisfactory and teach the class about the concept of time in photography.