Photography
I
(PMA
101)


Edward
Stapel

Assignment
2:
How
shutter
speed
and
aperture
to
control
“motion”
and
“depth
of

field”

Shoot
TWO
rolls
of
film
using
shutter
speed
to
control
the
effects
of
“motion”
and

aperture
to
control
“depth
of
field.”

Develop
film
and
make
contact
sheets.



Photographing
a
moving
object.



1. Photograph
a
rapidly
moving
object
(a
friend
on
a
bike,
skateboard,
rollerblades,

etc.).

Set
your
camera
to
1/500
of
a
second
or
faster,
take
a
meter
reading
off
of

a
gray
card
to
get
the
appropriate
f/stop.
Write
down
f/stop
below.








 
 Shutter
Speed
set
to
1/500













 f/stop
________



2. Repeat
Step
1
except
set
your
shutter
speed
to
1/15
and
reset
your
f/stop

accordingly.




Shutter
Speed
set
to
1/15
 
 f/stop
________


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



3. Repeat
Step
2
using
the
same
camera
settings
except
this
time
pan
your
camera

to
follow
your
subject.



Shutter
Speed
set
to
1/15
 
 f/stop
________





Controlling
depth
of
field.

If
you
have
a
tripod
use
it.

If
you
have
a
zoom
lens
set
it
to
50mm.



The
Portrait.

1. Take
a
portrait
of
a
friend.

Use
a
gray
card
to
determine
proper
exposure
at
your

lens’
largest
f/stop
(smallest
number).
Write
down
shutter
speed
and
f/stop

below.



Shutter
speed
_______
 
 
 f/stop
_______



2. Take
a
second
portrait
setting
your
f/stop
to
5.6
and
the
appropriate
shutter

speed.




 
 Shutter
speed
_______
 
 
 f/stop
__5.6___



3. Take
a
third
portrait
setting
your
lens
to
its
smallest
f/stop
(largest
number)
and

the
appropriate
shutter
speed.





 
 Shutter
speed
_______
 
 
 f/stop
_______





The
Landscape.




1. Set
up
or
find
a
scene
that
has
an
object
in
the
foreground
(about
4
feet
from

camera),
middle
ground
(about
8
feet
from
camera),
and
background
(about
12

feet
from
camera).

Focus
on
the
object
in
the
middle
ground.

Take
a
meter

reading
off
of
a
gray
card
to
determine
proper
exposure
at
your
lens’
largest

f/stop
(smallest
number).
Write
down
shutter
speed
and
f/stop
below.




 

 Shuter
speed
_______
 
 
 f/stop
_______



2. Without
adjusting
the
focus,
repeat
Step
1
setting
your
f/stop
to
5.6
and
the

appropriate
shutter
speed.




 

 Shutter
speed
________
 
 f/stop
__5.6____



3. Without
adjusting
focus,
repeat
Step
2
setting
your
lens
to
its
smallest
f/stop

(largest
number)
and
the
appropriate
shutter
speed.




 

 Shutter
speed
_______
 
 
 f/stop
_______