Tonight was a very productive night for photography. My friend Tom and I decided to try our luck with the weather and took a short trip down one of the main roads from the front of the university. Luckily for us, the rain had stopped for the duration of our shoot, so the photos turned out great.
For the slow shutter speed shot, I decided to go for traffic on the roads, as there is a continuous cycle of moving traffic around the university (specifically around the roundabout). These shots resulted in the vehicles appearing as beams of light almost shooting across the photos. My favourite shot were where we managed to get both the front and back lights of the car into the same image, giving both a white and red line across the photo.
For the fast shutter speed, I decided to keep the theme of ‘cycle’ related to my earlier attempt to do with water. Where it had been raining, a giant puddle had formed just outside our house in the student village, so we decided to take some shots of me jumping in the puddle. The final results ended up looking really good.
The last one especially captures the ‘frozen in time’ feel, as you can see each individual droplet of water and the ripples from the puddle clearly. I hope to start my David Hockney inspired joiner image soon.
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(Not really a reference but still) a huge thank you to my friend Tom Smart for allowing me to use his DSLR to take these photos with him.
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