Motion Blur/Freeze

Hotel Guests - Bannack, MT, early afternoon - f/2.7, 80/10, ISO 125 - Sony DSC - H50


Ghost Self-portrait - Bannack, MT, 5/21/2010, Mid-afternoon - f/2.8, 80/10, ISO 80 - Sony DSC-H2


The Killer - Bannack, MT, 5/21/2010, mid-afternoon - f/8, 50/10, ISO 100 - Sony DSC-H50


Rain - Rexburg, ID, 5/24/2010, Mid-afternoon - f/2.8, 10/5000, ISO 100 - Sony DSC-H50


What happens in Rexburg stays in Rexburg - Rexburg, ID, 5/24/2010, Mid-afternoon - f/2.7, 10/5000, ISO 100 Sony DSC-H50 - Sharpness and brightness adjustment

For motion blur we took a bunch of "ghost" pictures. It was really hard at first to figure out the right setting, but once we got it down it was a lot of fun. I found that setting the aperture to 8" gave me the best result. Then my subject would stand in front of the camera and move quickly as the camera captured only the background for the remaining time. For my ghost self-portrait, I switched positions halfway through.
When I came home from Bannack and looked at the pictures I took for motion freeze I decide that I didn't really like any of them, so I went out and took some more shots. It was raining so I took some pictures of the water coming down the roof at my apartment. I also asked some friends to help me take the "jumping" picture. They were a little too excited about that... The higher the number of the shutter-speed, the easier it is to to do it, but then the picture might come out really dark.