jump assignment presentation spring 2014

Jump ShotsControlling Action & Motion

Philippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Self-portrait• 1954



• Self-portrait w/ Grace Kelly

• 1955



• Self-portrait w/ Marilyn Monroe

• 1959



• Liberace• 1954



• Peter Ustinov• 1955



• Anthony Perkins• 1958



• Maurice Chevalier• 1958



• Groucho Marx• 1952



• Brigitte Bardot• 1955



• Marilyn Monroe 18th birthday

• 1959



• Aubrey Hepburn• 1955



• Sophia Loren• 1955



• Olivia de Havilland• 1955



• Bob Hope• 1956



• Harold Lloyd• 1953



• Salvador Dali• 195?



• Weegee (Usher Fellig)• 1961



• John Steinbeck• 1953



• Harvey S. Firestone jr.• 1955



• Richard Nixon (V.P.).• 1959



• Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

• 1951



• The Duke and Dutchess of Windsor

• 1956



• Grace Kelly• 1955



• J. Robert Oppenheimer

• 1958



• Edward Steichen• 1959

Hang Time

• When something is going up, not yet going down.

• The height of the action.

• The “Green Zone”

Jump Shot Requirements

Assignment

Hang Time– When something is

going up, not yet going down


Assignment

• Must show hang time• Action / Motion


Assignment

Remember Hang Time•When something is going up, not yet going down


Assignment

When something is going up, not yet going down

Jump Shot Basic Requirements

Assignment

• Vary shutter speeds– Take 5 @ 1/1,000– Take 5 @ 1/250 – Take 5 @ 1/60– Take 5 @ 1/30– Take 5 @ 1/15

• Use f/stop & ISO to match light meter reading

• Action will vary• Capture “hang time”• Keep sun to photographer’s

back• Capture “hang time”

Assignment

1. Use manual mode for all your photos.

2. Set your camera’s white balance to the daylight setting (sun mode).

3. Remember to keep sun at photographer’s back.

4. Set shutter speed and adjust ƒ/stop (and ISO if needed) to achieve correct exposure.

5. Do not use a flash or tripod for any of these photos.

6. Some photos will be blurry.

7. Remember to record what you are doing at the time you are taking the photos.

8. You will be taking a series of photos all photos are to have these characteristics.

Assignment

9. Start all photos with an ISO 400 (outdoor) setting for light meter reading. Adjust ISO only as last resort (example: indoors and there is not enough light) Do not change ISO after taking first photo of series.

10. Show a human in all photos.

11. Take a series of photos at the following shutter speeds with people doing four different activities;

a) 1⁄1,000 sec.,

b) 1⁄250 sec. ,

c) 1⁄60 sec.,

d) 1⁄30 sec.,

e) 1⁄15 sec.

Assignment

12. The activities your subjects are to do are: (Practice several times to get it right before taking photos. It takes lots of practice!)

a) Jump up and down in front of camera

b) Jump sideways across front of camera

c) Dance in front of camera

d) Pan while having someone run across in front of camera

e) A person standing still

AssignmentDemonstrating Your Knowledge

a) Then take five photos demonstrating you can stop action using what you learned.

b) These can have the same or different shutter speeds (be sure to record what you use), but have different subjects demonstrating you can correctly stop or blur action.

c) Subjects do not have to be human for this set, so have fun.

d) You can photograph running water, moving cars, moving animals, etc.

e) Remember, the key is to demonstrate you can control movement.

f) Remember to record what you are doing at the time you are taking the photos.

AssignmentWhat to Turn in

1. 30 digital images on server

2. Place in class folder the following stapled together:

a) Completed assignment worksheet

b) 1 contact sheet, 30 images with exposures written on each image.

c) 6 printouts

d) Best example of each type (write type and exposure on each image)

I. Label best overall exposure

II. Your favorite photo

e) Rubric

jump assignment presentation spring 2014

Travel

jump book

philippe halsman american

jump shots

series of photos

basic requirements assignment

hang time action motion

capture hang time

camera b