Moving objects!

So Tyler sat out by the freeway to complete his assignment...?!! I guess I should put a disclaimer here, that I am not responsible for any harm that may come to the participants of these photography assignments, etc., etc....! But thankfully, he wasn't hurt! And he came up with some cool shots of 65 miles an hour speed! That is harder than it looks...?! Good job, anticipating just the right moment to click the shutter!


And then, Tyler looked up!

And this one is my favorite...motion through stillness... Very cool composition!

Thanks Tyler!

Car creeper!

Gail felt like a "car creeper" following alongside these cars...! But what a great combination of frozen motion and blurred movement! Nicely done!

It was a dark and stormy night...

The first of, what is promised to be, many entries in the "motion" assignment...as this one is a fun one to experiment with...! While driving down Highway 1, California's scenic coastal route, in a dark and relentless rainstorm, I distracted myself from being a backseat driver by experimenting with shutter speeds and tail lights! Some very funky results! This one, for example, was about 3 seconds of shutter time, hand holding to allow that jiggled perspective...! I love that you can still differentiate between the sky and the hillside, you can make out the arrows painted on the road, and the leading lines of the lights...! Mostly, it was just fun! And so much better than me worrying about the hydroplaning we were doing on that wet road!
So...email me your own "motion" photo! (heartandsoulimages@cableone.net)

Okay folks, here's your next challenge!

Thanks to those who turned in their "assignments" and those who gave great feedback on them....and now, we are ready for a new challenge, right?! Okay...

Photograph Motion

This is another sort of open-ended, think creatively, use your WiLd imagination kind of assignment...but one in which you will need to particularly pay attention to your shutter speed when composing your image(s). What will your subject be? Do you want to show movement? Do you want to freeze motion? Blur it? All of those decisions are totally up to you, and all should involve some thought as to what you choose your shutter to do...so you must think about your compositon, available light and your final image; what you want it to look like! (Ansel Adams used the word "previsualization" to say that you should see the image in your head, then create it using your tools.)

I can't wait to see what you can come up with...and I am going to do some "previsualizing" myself! Email me your images, as many as you like, heartandsoulimages@cableone.net and look for them here on my blog! Perhaps, if we get enough responses, we'll do a contest with this one?!! Tell your friends!