Shooting a Sequence

Advanced Digital Photography

Troutman

Eadweard Muybridge, Plate 188, 1887

Assignment:
You will use your camera to capture a sequence of events. Your sequence will tell the
story of some sort of action- such as playing sports-, skateboarding, soccer, running down a hill,
jumping on a trampoline, dancing, moving through the halls at school.... you may choose to focus
on the movement of humans or animals, but that is not a requirement.
Most likely you will want to use the continuous mode (burst mode) on your camera (symbol of overlapping
rectangles) to trigger the shutter in rapid succession. This will automatically set the camera to a fast
shutter speed. If you are capturing action that is up and down, you may move the camera up and down
to get the shot. If you are shooting action coming toward you or moving away from you, focus on a spot
where the action is going to pass so you wont get motion blur. You want want to use a tripod, or rest
your camera on a steady surface. If you work with an object moving across a static background you can
experiment with stitching the photos together into one shot afterward.
Plan ahead and arrange to be at the right place at the right time!
Due:
One sequence of events with at least 12 frames OR
Two (at least) 6 frame sequences
Artists to Consider:
Eadweard Muybridge