Writitng with Light Group Experiment

I like that the star appears to be floating. Also, it looks edited. It looks really cool and makes you wonder how the photo was taken. I would suggest for next time that we time it out better so that the bright light in the center does not exist. 
    The ISO we used was 100
         The f stop we used was 10.0
    The shutter speed we used was 5.0

 I think this photo is really cool because I am using writing with light but it is my face.

     The ISO we used was 100

     The f stop we used was 29

     The shutter speed we used was 10.0

Motion Blog Assignment (2)

Blurred Motion- These two photos are so visually interesting because the blurring causes such strong motion. You can get more ideas out of the photo than just a flat motionless image.

 Frozen Motion- These photos are so interesting because they look impossible to do. They make your eye stay on them for a long amount of time.

 Chrono- These photos are very cool because they are so highly edited. Your eye jumps back and forth across the different stages of the image.

 Writing with Light- These are very cool because they look edited. However, they are not. Some one that does not know about shutter speed would be very curious about how it works.

Panning- These photos are so visually interesting because they have such strong motion. The blurring of the background makes the image feel like it will jump out and keep moving. It also makes it feel like the subject is moving super fast, maybe faster than it actually is.

Zooming- This type of photography makes you think. The streaks and blurring make you wonder more about the photo, and can make a boring subject very interesting.

Motion Blog Assignment (1)

Zooming- One would achieve this type of photo by using a tripod and spinning the zoom while the shutter is open.

 Writing with Light- One would create this type of photo by using a tripod and a long shutter speed. You would then run around in the image with something brighter than the room.

 Chrono- Taken with more than one shot edited together. One would use a tripod to do this so that the shots were the same.

 Panning- One would take this photo by movie the camera at the same speed the object was moving at. This would have the subject in focus and the background blurry to create movement. 

Blurred Motion- One would need to have a longer shutter speed to make the motion blurred and also use a tripod so that things that aren't moving would be frozen.

 Frozen Motion- One would use a super fast shutter speed to freeze the motion. There is no blurring created at all.

Aperature Quiz

Aperture
I thought that as a whole, this was a very good assignment. I learned a lot about aperture and how to successfully use select focus. I knew what aperture was from the camera basics unit, but I did not know how to use it as well as I do now. 
I think that my work was successful, because if you look at the shots I took as a group you can see that they have different levels of focus. The low f stop has a clear focal point, while the high f stop is all in focus. This can not be said about all select focus attempts that I have made in the past.I think that if I had maybe stepped back with my tripod a little bit further, there would have been a little bit more depth of field. 
How can depth of field be manipulated  in photography?
If you change the f stop [aperture] you are able to manipulate the depth of field. A low f stop will give you a small depth of field (one focal point with blurred background). A medium/high f stop will create a much larger depth of field (much is in focus with very little blurring).  
Why would one choose to manipulate depth of field?
One would generally change depth of field to focus the eye on one specific thing. Without aperture, one would not be able to blur out any part of an image without editing.

 Small Depth of Field

f/4.5

 Medium Depth of Field

f/9

Large Depth of Field

f/29