A sequence of composition

The Art of Photography.
Project: Looking through the viewfinder

Scenes shot whilst waiting for a ferry to Lanzarote, initially shooting general scenes of passengers and the bus driver cleaning his coach. Then spotted this customer talking to the rep silhouetted against the bright morning sun. Slowly getting closer until the shot below which worked even better with the customer gesticulating and the rep holding her trip passenger list against her leg.

Object in different positions in a frame

The Art of Photography.
Project: Looking through the viewfinder.

Original image.

Subject centred.

Subject placed bottom left, providing space for the subject to fly into.



Subject placed top/right of the crop, still as space to fly into but not as effective as the previous crop.

Fitting the frame to the subject

The Art of Photography.

Project: Looking through the viewfinder.

A Conventional Viewpoint.

A detailed closeup of the Suzuki badge and switch gear.

Subject shot fit the frame.

Panning with different shutter speeds

The Art of Photography
Project: Photographing movement

Nikon D200 ISO100 50mm 1/320 sec f/7.1

Nikon D200 ISO100 50mm 1/250sec f/2.8

Nikon D200 ISO100 50mm 1/320sec f/2.8

Nikon D200 ISO100 50mm 1/250sec f/2.8

Nikon D200 ISO200 50mm 1/125sec f/2.8

Various panning shots of motorcyclists. The various shutter speeds giving different feels to the end results, especially the last one which gives a feel of the subject even without any defined focus.

Shutter speeds

The Art of Photography.

Project: Photograping movement.

Two images of the waterfall at Newstead Abbey to show the effect of shutter speed on an image. Both shot with Nikon D50 ISO200 70mm

First image 1/320 sec f/4 which almost freezes the motion showing individual droplets of water.

Second image 1/4 sec which is slow enough to start turning the motion into a milky flow.

Nikon D50 ISO200 35mm 25sec f/4.8

Using a slow shutter speed and a torch bulb to write with light.

Nikon D50 ISO200 32mm 8sec f/11

A church lit by the road traffic, in this case a single decker bus.

Focus at different apertures

The Art of Photography.

Project: Focus

Nikon D700 50mm ISO200 1/25 sec f/1.8

This aperture gives a very shallow depth of view, only a few books in the middle are in focus.

Nikon D700 50mm ISO200 1/3sec f/5.6

This aperture produces a wider depth of view so that more books are in focus.

Nikon D700 50mm ISO200 15sec f/22

This narrow aperture brings everything into focus.

Focus with a set aperture

The Art of Photography.

Project: Focus.

Using a keyboard to show the effects of depth of field.

Nikon D700 ISO200 50mm fixed lens at f/2.2

Focus progresses from keys nearest the camera, the middle of the keyboard and finally the number pad and computer in the back ground.