Definitions
Motion blur: the apparent streaking of rapidly moving objects in a still image or a sequence of images such as a movie or animation. It results earn the image being recorded changes during the recording of a single exposure, either due to rapid movement or long exposure.Freeze frame: an optical effect or technique in which a single frame or film is reprinted in a continuous series, which when shown gives the effect of a still photograph.
Research of artist
Ernst Haas was a photojournalist and a pioneering colour photographer from the 20th century. He was born in Vienna, Austria in 1921 to Frederike Haas-Zipser and Ernst Haas, his father who he was named after. He also had an older brother named Fritz Haas. Haas' mother enjoyed writing poetry and aspired to be an artist and his father enjoyed music and photography, which is where his own feel for photography derived from. However, he didn't care for photography until his father had passed away. His parents encouraged creativity upon Haas.
The following images demonstrate Haas' photography work:
I think this image requires improvement as the item in the picture that is moving, the roundabout, isn't completely in the frame. I should have used a tripod so that I could ensure the whole roundabout is in the frame. Also, I was too close the roundabout which adds to the reason why I didn't get the whole roundabout in frame. I should have positioned myself a bit further back with a tripod to capture it central to the photograph whilst it is moving. If I were to retake this image, I would certainly use a tripod and I would stand further away.
This photograph doesn't quite fit the standard to show the similarity between my own work and Ruff's work which is my aim for this element on 'portrait'. One reason being that the head of the model is tilted to the right lightly, which isn't how Ruff's models look; Ruff's models have straight heads. I thought that maybe I could use Photoshop to rotate the image, but realised this wouldn't work too well as the shoulders would now not be straight. Also, the model's head is titled back, so in the future I would make sure to ask the model to keep their head straight and frontal. Furthermore, I am unsure how, but the lighting was different on the first shoot I did (first four models from contact sheet) to the second shoot it did (last 2 models from contact sheet). This image, 13 other images, seem to be underexposed. This might be due to using a different camera. This isn't such an issue though because I can edit it in photoshop with to increase the exposure.
AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress
I did two small shoots for 'recording motion' as I didn't produce strong enough pictures in the first shoot. For the second shoot, I used a tripod to help with the steadiness of the camera and to make sure I wasn't moving with the camera as well as what I was photographing. I also have an additional 4 images that were taken in a studio which I captured as a practise for photographing motion blur.
With reference to my best images:
The first image was taken in a park and shows a blurred capture of a child on a roundabout, which is moving. The image shows both the boy and the roundabout are blurred as the boy is moving because the roundabout is moving. I didn't use a tripod for this image and the image came out slightly titled, but I intend to crop the image later on in Photoshop so that I can rotate the image. I took the image by standing in front of the roundabout and tilting my camera slightly down, but the camera must have also titled slightly to the left as well.
In the second photograph, I had used a tripod which was set up outdoors. I asked the person to run from one place to another in the area in front of the tripod.
I captured the third image along with a handful of others using the same model. I took so many because I came to the realisation that it makes it easier to select images for 'best images' if I have a bigger variety to chose from. I asked the person to, again, pull a straight face with no facial expression. For other captures, I additionally asked them to pull a 'moody' face. I did this because it is a similar look to a straight face but looks more miserable, which is vaguely what I gathered from Ruff's work. I couldn't zoom in any more to be able to only capture the head and shoulders, however, I could have asked the model to stand closer to the camera. I will crop the picture in photoshop later on to get this frame.
For the fourth image, I asked the model to do the exact same as the previous, which was to pull a straight face for some captures and a 'moody' face for other captures. I took several images of this model, some with glasses and some without. I selected this image without glasses simply because none of the images I found in my research of Thomas Ruff had models wearing glasses. This image was one of the best for just capturing head and shoulders, but it would still need to be improved in photoshop to crop it down so that it is more like Ruff's photography.
The fifth photograph was taken in a separate shoot than the first four and using a different camera, but still using the same area (including backdrop, soft boxes and tripod). As I have asked all the other models, I asked this model to pull a straight face. As the lighting is underexposed, I will edit it in photoshop to increase the exposure, as well as cropping it to just head and shoulders.
AO2 Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops
I used a Nikon D3300 to capture my images. I didn't have any use for the zoom lens as I didn't need to be close to anything I was photographing; I actually needed to be slightly distanced so I could capture the whole of the motion. I requested for the person in my pictures to move around in different ways such as running or jumping so that I could gather a variety of ways for showing motion blur. I used a tripod for the majority of the images after I realised it would be easier and better to photograph motion blur with it. All of my images were taken outdoors as this is where all of Haas' images were shown to be. The camera settings I used for capturing motion blur were f11 for aperture value, 1/125 for shutter speed value and 200 for ISO value.
The following images demonstrate Haas' photography work:
This image shows a person holding what looks like a red flag with which the audience can interpret this as the person is waving it for a bull. The person is wearing white which suggests purity and innocence. The red flag suggests anger and violence which is presumably the feelings of the bull. There is a black blur which could be a bull, but this isn't very clear at all.
This image shows 2 people running in the same direction. The image looks as though the 2 people are in a race as one person is slightly ahead of the other.
This image looks to be an event with a crowd which is shown in the background. The man is wearing a shirt, yellow pants and high socks, so it is difficult to identify what the event is based on what he is wearing. The colour yellow could suggest happiness, so this could be something he enjoys doing.
This image is very similar to the first image, with a person holding a red flag, but it is more clear that there is a bull in this image.
This image isn't very clear to identify what it is, but I assumed it was a sign or a train with the logo showing as a blur when the train moves.
Image bank
I have selected the following images from various websites on the internet for recording motion. I selected 5 images that show motion blur, based o my research of photographer Ernst Haas.
Selected images
Contact sheet
Best images
The following 5 images have been selected from the contact sheet above for 'recording motion':
Images that need improvement
I think this image requires improvement as the item in the picture that is moving, the roundabout, isn't completely in the frame. I should have used a tripod so that I could ensure the whole roundabout is in the frame. Also, I was too close the roundabout which adds to the reason why I didn't get the whole roundabout in frame. I should have positioned myself a bit further back with a tripod to capture it central to the photograph whilst it is moving. If I were to retake this image, I would certainly use a tripod and I would stand further away.
This photograph doesn't quite fit the standard to show the similarity between my own work and Ruff's work which is my aim for this element on 'portrait'. One reason being that the head of the model is tilted to the right lightly, which isn't how Ruff's models look; Ruff's models have straight heads. I thought that maybe I could use Photoshop to rotate the image, but realised this wouldn't work too well as the shoulders would now not be straight. Also, the model's head is titled back, so in the future I would make sure to ask the model to keep their head straight and frontal. Furthermore, I am unsure how, but the lighting was different on the first shoot I did (first four models from contact sheet) to the second shoot it did (last 2 models from contact sheet). This image, 13 other images, seem to be underexposed. This might be due to using a different camera. This isn't such an issue though because I can edit it in photoshop with to increase the exposure.
AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress
I did two small shoots for 'recording motion' as I didn't produce strong enough pictures in the first shoot. For the second shoot, I used a tripod to help with the steadiness of the camera and to make sure I wasn't moving with the camera as well as what I was photographing. I also have an additional 4 images that were taken in a studio which I captured as a practise for photographing motion blur.
With reference to my best images:
The first image was taken in a park and shows a blurred capture of a child on a roundabout, which is moving. The image shows both the boy and the roundabout are blurred as the boy is moving because the roundabout is moving. I didn't use a tripod for this image and the image came out slightly titled, but I intend to crop the image later on in Photoshop so that I can rotate the image. I took the image by standing in front of the roundabout and tilting my camera slightly down, but the camera must have also titled slightly to the left as well.
In the second photograph, I had used a tripod which was set up outdoors. I asked the person to run from one place to another in the area in front of the tripod.
I captured the third image along with a handful of others using the same model. I took so many because I came to the realisation that it makes it easier to select images for 'best images' if I have a bigger variety to chose from. I asked the person to, again, pull a straight face with no facial expression. For other captures, I additionally asked them to pull a 'moody' face. I did this because it is a similar look to a straight face but looks more miserable, which is vaguely what I gathered from Ruff's work. I couldn't zoom in any more to be able to only capture the head and shoulders, however, I could have asked the model to stand closer to the camera. I will crop the picture in photoshop later on to get this frame.
For the fourth image, I asked the model to do the exact same as the previous, which was to pull a straight face for some captures and a 'moody' face for other captures. I took several images of this model, some with glasses and some without. I selected this image without glasses simply because none of the images I found in my research of Thomas Ruff had models wearing glasses. This image was one of the best for just capturing head and shoulders, but it would still need to be improved in photoshop to crop it down so that it is more like Ruff's photography.
The fifth photograph was taken in a separate shoot than the first four and using a different camera, but still using the same area (including backdrop, soft boxes and tripod). As I have asked all the other models, I asked this model to pull a straight face. As the lighting is underexposed, I will edit it in photoshop to increase the exposure, as well as cropping it to just head and shoulders.
AO2 Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops
I used a Nikon D3300 to capture my images. I didn't have any use for the zoom lens as I didn't need to be close to anything I was photographing; I actually needed to be slightly distanced so I could capture the whole of the motion. I requested for the person in my pictures to move around in different ways such as running or jumping so that I could gather a variety of ways for showing motion blur. I used a tripod for the majority of the images after I realised it would be easier and better to photograph motion blur with it. All of my images were taken outdoors as this is where all of Haas' images were shown to be. The camera settings I used for capturing motion blur were f11 for aperture value, 1/125 for shutter speed value and 200 for ISO value.
All of my best images were edited via Photoshop so that they look more like the style of the photographer I was inspiring my work from, Ernst Haas. I figured that the best way to make my images look better was to decrease the hue of the colours as my images are a lot more saturated than Haas'.
Below is an example using screenshots of how I edited one of my images in Photoshop:
Editing images in the style of Haas is very simple. I opened the image in Photoshop and selected 'hue/saturation' front the adjustment panel. I decreased the saturation from 0 to -45. I changed it to this number because I thought that this looked best for the image.
AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytic and critical understanding
For my research, I gathered information about Ernst Haas so that I could take inspiration in the way he captured motion. I found a lot of information about his family, career and other aspects of his life. This information was not helpful to me when photographing motion, but the photographs I found were helpful because I was able to gain more inspiration so I could capture my work in a similar way. The images by Haas that I found also helped me to further find images regarding motion blur for 'image bank'. Finding these addition images allowed me to expand my visualisation for capturing motion in this way. This was beneficial for my own photography work.
AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections on work and progress
I initially started researching 'recording motion' for freeze frame, but soon decided that I personally found motion blur more appealing to capture. I selected Ernst Haas as the photographer I wanted to research as I was inspired by his photography after seeing examples of his work. I intended to capture motion blur using somebody else to move around. However, for a few images, such as the roundabout images, it was not just the person moving but the object moving. I tried to interpret the techniques used by Haas into my own work by capturing motion blur, which I found to be successful in the shoots. Before capturing anything, I had intended to use two people throughout the shoots because some of Haas' images used two people, but I was unable to do this so I only used one person. This wasn't such as issue as not all of Haas' images used multiple people; a lot of his work has only one.
Below are the images from 'best images' that have been edited in Photoshop for 'recording motion' :
Below is an example using screenshots of how I edited one of my images in Photoshop:
Editing images in the style of Haas is very simple. I opened the image in Photoshop and selected 'hue/saturation' front the adjustment panel. I decreased the saturation from 0 to -45. I changed it to this number because I thought that this looked best for the image.
AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytic and critical understanding
For my research, I gathered information about Ernst Haas so that I could take inspiration in the way he captured motion. I found a lot of information about his family, career and other aspects of his life. This information was not helpful to me when photographing motion, but the photographs I found were helpful because I was able to gain more inspiration so I could capture my work in a similar way. The images by Haas that I found also helped me to further find images regarding motion blur for 'image bank'. Finding these addition images allowed me to expand my visualisation for capturing motion in this way. This was beneficial for my own photography work.
AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections on work and progress
I initially started researching 'recording motion' for freeze frame, but soon decided that I personally found motion blur more appealing to capture. I selected Ernst Haas as the photographer I wanted to research as I was inspired by his photography after seeing examples of his work. I intended to capture motion blur using somebody else to move around. However, for a few images, such as the roundabout images, it was not just the person moving but the object moving. I tried to interpret the techniques used by Haas into my own work by capturing motion blur, which I found to be successful in the shoots. Before capturing anything, I had intended to use two people throughout the shoots because some of Haas' images used two people, but I was unable to do this so I only used one person. This wasn't such as issue as not all of Haas' images used multiple people; a lot of his work has only one.
Below are the images from 'best images' that have been edited in Photoshop for 'recording motion' :
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