These photos were taken from the T while it was travelling, and my fast shutter speed definitely caused the mild blur around the cars and the traffic lights. These are completely improvised and on-the-go, so there was no planning going into them. If I had an opportunity to plan them out, I would have been outside and focused more on framing the buildings and street, as well as getting people and cars in motion.
These images were made with different depths of field. The first and last were wide angle shots, so I turned up the aperture to around f/4, sped up the shutter speed, and fixed the ISO at 800, and this gave me a wide depth of field, providing a clear shot across the sprawl of the image. The middle shot was made with an f-stop of about f/9, so this definitely focused on the trolley stop. Unfortunately, I could not get the blur right, as the focus ring on my 18-55 mm lens is broken, and I do not know how to fix it. My images cannot be focused of I take them with that lens.
I observed the differences in grain and lighting by varying the ISO and shutter speed. I kept the aperture at 7.1 to make the process easier, and noticed the main difference in light. It is probably the main thing because of how lighting can affect images, and how to work that into your image.
This week I was asked by the people I work for (at the school studio) to photograph the workplace and the people in order to print them and hang them around the area, for decoration and also for marketing purposes, as the photos would be visible to anybody who walks into SPS at the University Center. I was given a set of instructions on what they would prefer for me to capture: action shots, behind-the-scenes, and just employees, talent, and students in their natural positions, demonstrating skills they could take with them in real life. For this project, I chose to emulate some of the photos visible on the walls, in terms of angle and feel. The photos are professionally displayed, but show a sense of familiarity with the equipment, people, and surrounding area in a way that makes the studio look like an intriguing and fun place to work. While composing the photos, I tried to ensure they showed both the equipment being used and the students running them. I usually lurked behind my coworkers as they worked, making sure they were comfortable with my presence, and having them behave as naturally as possible. They were encouraged to ignore me if it made them more comfortable. I kept the aperture low and the shutter speed high in order to capture the proper lighting, as well as the mood of the event. My ISO was about 400, my aperture was stuck at about f/8, and my shutter speed varied depending on how I wanted to expose a shot. I took between 115 and 130 pictures overall, not counting experimental photographs I took to measure out my shots beforehand, or when I was playing with the setting to adjust to the lighting. Overall, I think my shots came out great, and I will be returning next week to take more photographs, as these shots have not been finalized.
