Cartier Bresson Critique

Something I like about his pictures are how real they are showing people. They really show the way the people were feeling at the time, and they’re state of mind. Even though his black and white was for every picture it always looks like a different kind of style of black and white. There must’ve also been an extreme level of difficulty trying to get these pictures of people so naturally without interruption. In the first picture I loved how it seems like he almost asked the people to take a picture and waited until they were least ready. In the second picture even in such a large crowd he was able to single out and take such a perfect picture of one person almost freezing the moment in time. And in the last picture it’s hard to even imagine he was there since he captured the kids being so natural.

action motion and action blurred techniques

To start off the first article told us how to capture motion blur in photography. Motion blur is when any motion in a picture is entirely blurred. The first part to get this effect is slowing your shutter speed way down depending on the speed of the subject. The next part is to stabalize your camera with a tripod (perferbaly). The best mode you can have for this would be shutter priority.

Now to capture action sharp is almost entirely the opposite. The first step is setting the shutter speed higher. For this mode there’s less technical requirements but it does require some intuition on your part to find the perfect moments of action.

What is Depth of Field?

In the first article depth of field was described as how much of the picture was in focus. It said it could be used to focus the viewers attention in certain areas and highlight important pieces of the picture. The article says that depth of field is best acquired by changing your aperture. The best mode to have your camera on for this is the AV setting.

In the second article Depth of field is acquired by using wide or narrow apertures. In narrow apertures more is in focus and there’s less areas that are out of focus. On wide apertures though There’s a very small space that’s in focus and the rest is blurred out of focus.

camera modes

-automatic mode lets the camera decide what the best shutter speed, aperture, iso, white balance, and focus would be for the picture
-Portairt mode will help you to keep your background out of focus and focus on a single subject
-Macro mode is for shooting small objects really close up
-Landscape mode is the exact opposite of portarit mode doing its best to keep the background in focus
-Sports mode is for taking pictures of any kind of moving objects
-Night mode is for shooting in dark areas with not as much light using flash and creating blur in well lit situations
-Movie mode is for recording videos
-Aperture priority mode is just semi automatic where you choose the aperture and the camera decides everything else
-Shutter pritority mode is the same as aperture priority mode except you choose the shutter speed
-Manual mode is the mode where everything is chosen by you