One of the assignments in the NYIP unit one is to show motion in a photograph. I decided to practice with a ceiling fan. More reliable results since it moves at the same speed during the whole shoot and all I have to do is set up on a tripod and then adjust the camera from one frame to the next until I get what I want. Here is what I learned today.
For this frame, I had all the windows open and all the lights in the room on except for those in the ceiling fan. This was shot with an ISO of 400 and an aperture of 5.6. It froze the action too much for what I was trying to accomplish so I switched gears and moved to the next shot.
For this one, I closed all the blinds, turned off all the lights and got my camera to let me shoot with an aperture of 4.0. The lowest this lens will go is 3.5 but there was still too much light in the room for the camera to let me shoot any lower than 4.0. My ISO was set at 200 and it still didn’t give me enough motion for what I hoped to achieve. So, I made one more change.
This frame is exactly like the last except that I changed my ISO to 100. If I’m reading this correctly, it changed the shutter speed to 1/15 of a second from 1/30 which is what it reads for the middle frame. I would still like the motion to look a little more fluid but I think this is the best I can get with the equipment that I have on hand. Overall, I’m pleased with what I learned here today.
The lens used for this is a 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 lens.
