Shutter Speed and Aperture Assignment

Shutter Speed

Shutter speed of 0.5

Shutter speed of 1/8

Shutter speed of 1/15

Shutter speed of 1/100

In these four photos, I captured the motion of my father strumming a guitar at four different shutter speeds. In the first photo, taken at an extremely slow shutter speed of 0.5 seconds, the motion blur is so extreme that you can barely see the hand at all. In the final photo, which I took at a fast shutter speed of 1/100 of a second, the motion is completely frozen. It doesn't even look like my father is moving his hand. With this assignment, I am showing how fast and slow shutter speeds control the amount of motion blur in a picture. Faster shutter speeds reduce motion blur, while slower shutter speeds enhance it.

Aperture

Aperture of f/3.4

Aperture of f/4.5

Aperture of f/7.1

Aperture of f/8.0

In these four photos, I tried to capture the effect that aperture size had on the depth of field in my pictures. However, due to limited capabilities of my camera, the effect is very minimal. In the first photo, taken at a large aperture of of f/3.4, the depth of field is shallowest. This can be seen by the fact that the writing on the page gets blurrier in the background. In the final photo, taken at a small aperture of f/8.0, the depth of field is largest. There is less blur in the background than in the first photo. The effect would be more dramatic if I was using a better camera. With this assignment, I was trying to show how aperture controls depth of field. Ideally, a large aperture creates shallow depth and a small aperture creates a large depth, which can be slightly seen in my photos.

Questions

1. A faster shutter speed reduces motion blur and freezes the frame. However, it also reduces the amount of light that enters the camera, which makes photos darker.
2. A slower shutter speed increases motion blur and makes things look like they're moving. However, it also increases the amount of light that enters the camera, which makes photos brighter.
3. A large aperture (represented by a small f-number) creates a shallow depth of field in the image. However, it also increases the amount of light that enters the camera, which makes photos brighter.
4. A small aperture (represented by a large f-number) creates a large depth of field in the image. However, it also reduces the amount of light that enters the camera, which makes photos darker.