Concentration

I wanted to emphasize seeing movement through the stillness of pictures. The images are a combination of slower shutter speeds, where it is clear the subjects are in motion, and fast shutter speeds, where I capture a split second of an action. I wanted to use a combination of the two different styles to express using the different shutter speeds can change the entire feel of an image.

One of my favorite images from my concentration is Image 5. I love the contrast between the people who are moving around, which can be seen through the blurriness of certain people, and the people who are standing still, so they are more in focus. This image tells a story, because it makes you wonder what all the people are doing individually. If I used a quick shutter speed here, the image would have focused on the people together as a whole and how each placement of a person made the photo interesting instead of the story behind each individual. Another one of my favorite images is Image 1. I took this image of my own hand using a self timer, and I played around with the shutter speed until I got the result I wanted. By using a slower shutter speed here you can almost see my hand playing the piano and the fluidity of my fingers moving around the keys. A stop-action photo that I really love is Image 12.  Capturing this split second of the opponent grabbing onto the other player’s shirt tells a story of what was going on more than if I used a slower shutter speed to take this image. That is why I love using the different shutter speeds as a form of painting my images, so to say, because by using slower or faster shutter speeds can tell more of a story, depending on which one fits best with the situation.

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