Action Photography

Zone Focus- Zone focus is when you focus on a certain area, and wait for the action to be in the area and you take the desired picture.


Shutter Speed-Shutter Speed is how fast or slow the "door" opens and faster SS's freeze action, and slow SS's don't capture as much action but allow more ambient light in, eliminating the use of flash, (in some cases)





Panning- Panning is when the photographer moves with their subject, trying to capture a blur behind the subject but still holding the subject sharp and in focus when the shutter closes.





Waiting for the Pause-Waiting for the pause is when the photographer knows there is going to be a certain action shot they want and they use zone focus and waits for the specific desired shot.

Austin Architecture

1. Patterns
2. Surroundings
3. Surroundings
4. Angles
5. Angles and shapes
6. Light
7. Light, angles
8. Light, angles
9. Surroundings, light
10. Angles, Surroundings
11. Patterns, angles
12. Surroundings, Angles
13. Angles, light
14. Angles, light
15. Angles, patterns
16. Angles, details, patterns

Portfolios II

Dustin Snipes:

The judges thought:

he had composition

Thought he did a good job of capturing all the good emotions

Captured good meaningful moments

Had a "coolness" about it

Liked that he was in the action and captured it nicely

Portfolios

Name of Photographer-

Josh Birnbaum

General focus-

Story telling

3 problems the judges had-

Don't like focus of most pictures

The repetition of arrests and wheelchair stories

Don't like distractions (nose pickers)

2 things the judges liked-

Getting in real tight/ in the middle of the action

liked the details

Overall Impression-

Overall, i liked it, but i do agree with the judges about the repetition thing and  the whole put in a really good picture then following it with a bad one is not a good idea.

My Sports Shoot

1. Name of the sport-Gymnastics

2. Date you would like to shoot- In the next 2 weeks

3. List of at least three safety shots you would like to get for that sport- tumbling / uneven bars / rings

4. Two possible money shots- reaction of someone finally getting a flip they have been working on.