Sebastiao Selgado

Sebastiao Salgado was born on the 8th February 1944 in Brazil and is a social documentary photographer and photojournalist.Salgado worked on "Genesis," aiming at the presentation of the unblemished faces of nature and humanity. It consists of a series of photographs of landscapes and wildlife, as well as of human communities that continue to live in accordance with their ancestral traditions and cultures. This body of work is conceived as a potential path to humanity’s rediscovery of itself in nature.

The photograph I chose below is one of my favorite photographs from Sebastiao Selgado's work, The relationship between the camera and the mans face has such a strong connection. Its a photograph which makes you think, what is he thinking about? is he sad? as there is a sense of deep sadness in his face shown through his eyes. I also like the way Selgado composed this photograph, you can see that the rule of thirds was used as he is positioned bang in the middle of the frame, for a documentary styled photograph it is a perfectly framed image which almost seems as if it had a lot of thought gone in to it.

 

This image is another one of my favorites by Sebastio Selgado. This image seems to have a slight bit more happiness to it and isn't as ambiguous as the image above. This is because of her facial expressions, she looks like a young happy girl. Again i think Sebastiao Selgado used the rule of thirds as she is in the centre of the image and framed really well. there are leading lines around her hat which are almost spiral like which lead you in to the centre of the image which is her eyes and face.

Henri Cartier - Bresson

Henri Cartier - Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004) was a French photographer considered to be the father of photojournalism. He was an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography.

Cartier - Bresson used a 50 mm lens and focused on getting a unique perspective by looking at geometry, shapes and leading  lines. He wanted to lead the viewer into the photograph by using what is provided at the location of where the photograph is being taken. 

By what we see from Cartier Bressons work, he teaches us that for street photography you should stick to one lens, focus on geometry, be patient and be unobtrusive. His work shows a lot of patient of waiting for the right moment.

 

Shutter Speed

Shutter Speed is the amount of time the camera's shutter is open when taking a photograph. By changing the shutter speed this allows the photographer to either freeze or slow down the action of a particular subject.Shutter speed is defined by fractions of a second.

1/4000  1/2000  1/800  1/200  1/50  1/20

1s  2s  5s  10s  20s  30s 

In most cases you’ll probably be using shutter speeds of 1/60th of a second or faster. This is because anything slower than this is very difficult to use without getting camera shake. Camera shake is when your camera is moving while the shutter is open and results in blur in your photos. If you’re using a slow shutter speed (anything slower than 1/60) you will need to either use a tripod or some some type of image stabilization (more and more cameras are coming with this built in). When considering what shutter speed to use in an image you should always ask yourself whether anything in your scene is moving and how you’d like to capture that movement. If there is movement in your scene you have the choice of either freezing the movement (so it looks still) or letting the moving object intentionally blur (giving it a sense of movement). To freeze movement in an image (like in the surfing shot above) you’ll want to choose a faster shutter speed and to let the movement blur you’ll want to choose a slower shutter speed. The actual speeds you should choose will vary depending upon the speed of the subject in your shot and how much you want it to be blurred. Focal Length and Shutter Speed - another thing to consider when choosing shutter speed is the focal length of the lens you’re using. Longer focal lengths will accentuate the amount of camera shake you have and so you’ll need to choose a faster shutter speed (unless you have image stabilization in your lens or camera). The ‘rule’ of thumb to use with focal length in non image stabilized situations) is to choose a shutter speed with a denominator that is larger than the focal length of the lens. For example if you have a lens that is 50mm 1/60th is probably ok but if you have a 200mm lens you’ll probably want to shoot at around 1/250.

 

Sources - http://digital-photography-school.com/shutter-speed

The images above were taken on a high shutter speed, because of the dogs movement i chose to shoot it on a high shutter speed to capture as much movement as possible, because as it is an animal it would be hard to talk to the animal as if it is a model.