Assignment 4: Action Shots

This weeks assignment was one of the hardest that I've had to do...Action Shots. But not your ordinary action shots, action shots where we were not allowed to shoot over a 1/60 of a shutter speed and still be perfectly in focus! Let me just say that I took a ton of pictures this week and it was quite a learning experience! I am thankful that something turned out!

This first one is a Panning Action Shot. I had to pan on the subject before he reached my focal point, shoot once the subject was where I wanted them to be, and then continue to pan. Easier said than done! I started with a wide angle lens but quickly switched to my telephoto lens because he was just so darn fast on that scooter that I could not capture him quick enough and close enough! So here is the final product. Despite the fact that he is pretty much in the center of my picture, which compositionally is a no no, I am quite pleased!

ss: 1/30 f29 ISO 100

This second picture is a motion peak shot. Here the task at hand was to capture your subject in that split second where their motion is completely frozen in motion. With this type of shot, you have to pre-determine where your subject will be, focus there, and shoot at that exact moment when they enter that focus area. Again, a lot pictures taken before this one was actually captured!

ss: 1/60 f9 ISO 100

And the last action picture was to be a "cool" picture as determined by us. So I chose this one because I loved the facial expressions in the picture alongside their motion running up the plank. The nice thing about this one was we could shoot at any shutter speed we wanted!

ss: 1/125 f5.6 ISO 200

So there you have it. Glad to have learned some fun new techniques this week!