Ex 3.3 EYV
What do the timeframes of the camera actually look like? If you have a manual film camera, open the camera back (make sure there’s no film in the camera first!) and look through the shutter as you press the shutter…
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Part 3 EYV
Thoughts on the Decisive Moment
The Decisive Moment. As it says in the course, the decisive moment has many lovers and haters, has pushed photography forward or held it back? In my opinion, it can hold it back because it has lead to snobbery within…
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Ex 3.1 EYV -The Frozen Moment –
A tradition usage of a hight shutter speed is sports photography and is the image below I have used 1/800th of a second to capture the power but at the same time almost ballettic nature of Rugby. You can see the…
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Henri Cartier-Bresson “L’amour de Court” – A personal response.
Henri Cartier-Bresson ‘L’amour de court’ (‘Just plain love,’ 2001) Henri Cartier – Bresson is perhaps one of the most iconic photographers not just of this generation but also in the history of photography. This illustrated by just reading the first…
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Ex 3.2 Part 2 EYV – A Durational Space
Following on from the previous post here are a couple of examples of where I have tried to movement with slower shutter speeds. f8 1/10sec Here I have used a combination of slow shutter…
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Ex 3.2 Part 1 EYV – A Durational Space
Robert Capa Robert Capa The above image by Robert Capa is referred to in the OCA course notes as an example of an iconic photograph that captures motion blur. It does that without doubt; however,…
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Harold “Doc” Egerton (1903-1990)
Harold “Doc” Egerton (1903-1990) Harold Egerton was a Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT and a photographer, who is well known for his work on capturing images of high speed to allow them to be seen by the human eye….
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