Panning

 This was taken right outside of school. I had problems getting this shot because I had trouble holding the camera still since walking is slow movement. This is a good representation of panning because the girl is in focus and the background is kind of blurred. Before getting this shot, I took a picture of someone else on a sunny day but it didn't work because the shutter speed was too high and so was the ISO so I decided to take another picture. Before, I used a shutter speed of at least 1/1200 or higher but I realized a slower shutter speed needed to be used for panning. In this picture, the background could be a little more blurry.

 This was by the umbrellas. Before getting this shot, I kept pressing the shutter down too late and by then, I kept getting the back of the person running or they wouldn't be in the shot at all. This is a good representation of the skill because the person is in focus, but I didn't like how the background was in focus. The background could be a lot blurrier and that can be fixed with a slower shutter speed. Before this shot, I had all the same settings, so I should've changed the shutter speed.

 This is by the umbrellas again. I had the same problems as I did in the last photo; I'd press the shutter down too late. Also, in some pictures, the two people running were right next to each other, so people can only see one person in the shot. This is a good representation of the skill, but again, the background is in focus and I needed to lower the shutter speed. I used the same settings for previous pictures. The background could be a lot blurrier and so the shutter speed should've been lowered.

 This was in the back parking lot. A lot of problems were the vehicle and the background would both be blurry. Also, it was hard to fit the vehicle in the shot because if it was zoomed out, the vehicle wouldn't look like the main part of the picture. If it was zoomed in, part of the vehicle would be cut off.This was a good picture since the vehicle and person are in focus and the background is blurry. Before this shot, I hadn't zoomed in at all and the photos looked awkward. In this picture, I could've waited until the vehicle would be in the middle of the shot.

This was outside school on the street. Some problems were the cars would move really fast and I wasn't able to follow them and press down the shutter in time to take the picture. This is a good picture because the background is really blurry but the car was sharp and in focus. Before this shot, I had a high shutter speed but I lowered it a lot and it worked out better. To improve this photo, I might zoom in a little bit.

Shutter Speed Exercises

In this picture, I was by the umbrellas and the steps. The problem was that the picture kept getting taken at the wong time- either too early or too late. This picture is a good example of stop action because the person is frozen in mid-air and it isn't blurry. Before this shot, we used a slower shutter speed and it wasn't high enough. There was a lot of blur and we also had to set the ISO higher as we made the shutter speed faster so the image wouldn't be dark. To improve this image, I would take the picture from another angle so the viewer can tell that the person is really off the ground.

We were by the lunch courts for this picture. There was a problem with the ISO and shutter speed because when we turned the shutter speed up, the picture became way too bright, so we had to lower the ISO. It was on the lowest setting but it was still way too bright, so we had to lower the shutter speed as well. This is a good representation of this skill because the person is running but is stopped without being blurred. Before getting this shot, we tried higher ISOs and high fstops and the exposure was higher. But since it was too blurry and bright, we had to lower the exposure and make the shutter speed higher. Maybe the picture could have been zoomed in a little more so it's easier to see details.

This was taken by the office and umbrellas. The problem was that the picture was taken at the wrong time, so the leaf had either fallen or hadn't fallen yet when the picture was taken. This was a good representation of stop motion because the leaf is frozen in the air and it isn't blurred, like motion's occuring. We used the same settings for every picture we took of the leaf because the images didn't come out too blurred, bright, or dark. We could have picked a different location to drop the leaf because the leaf kind of blends in with the background.

The picture was taken by the gym. Some problems we had were the person would run too fast, so by the time the picture was taken, they were already out of the shot. Since the background is in focus, and the person is blurred, it was a good representation of motion blur, showing what's stationary and what's not. We used higher ISO and shutter speed settings before taking this shot, but it wasn't working out because the person kept coming out sharp and in focus. The person could be a little less blurry so they don't seem like a random blob in the picture.

We took this picture by the lunch courts. Some trouble we had was we coudldn't get the lighting to turn out right. When we had a fast shutter speed and a medium ISO, the picture was too overexposed. Then we lowered the ISO to the lowest setting and reduced the shutter speed, and the image turned out a little darker and the person running was more blurred like we wanted. The person is blurred, so it is a good representation of action for motion blur. Before getting this shot, we had higher ISO and shutter speed settings. The shutter speed could still be lowered, since the image still looks a little bright.