I went to Sea Bright, NJ over the weekend, so I decided to practice shutter speed settings on beach themed subject matter. I photographed the ocean water coming over the rocks with a slightly slow shutter speed (1/13) and had to use a high f-stop (f/32) and ISO 100 to keep the image from overexposing (and it still did a little).
At sunrise, I wanted to capture the mist coming off of the waves, so I set the camera to a low aperture (f/3.5) with an IS0 of 200. I then used 1/250 of a second to capture the water in full detail. I used rule of thirds in the images with water as well as negative space with the seagull. I was hoping to have more of a concept within the works, but without my tripod, my options were limited to hand held methods. *Update. I was not happy with what I originally shot, so I took more slow shots of the shoreline at Kueka Lake and fast speed shots of my husband cleaning up the yard with the leaf blower. This image was shot using a handheld panning technique. The camera was set to IS0 100, f/22, and 1/20th of a second. Moving the camera in a slow upward motion while exposing the shot created this painterly effect. I liked shooting both fast and slow speeds with the bubbles, but am more satisfied with the slow speed shots because they capture the movement of the bubbles and abstract the image. I love how some of them look "magical" or electric due to the shine and light dragging that is happening on the surface of the bubbles.
My concept was about chronic illness and taking medications for an extended period of time. I used as many pill bottles as I could find with their warning labels facing the camera. I focused on one label that states: Keep out of reach of children | May cause dizziness. I used a shallow depth of field (f/3.5) to emphasize the labels on the one bottle and blur out everything else, possibly making the viewer experience the dizziness warning.
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