Project #2

I really enjoyed utilizing shutter speed for the second project. For the second project I traveled to downtown San Antonio. I figured that the riverwalk area would be bustling, and have a lot of movement and action for me to capture. At first, I had no idea how to manipulate the shutter speed in order to capture movement and light. Therefore, upon arriving downtown I played around with a wide range of shutter speeds and subjects. I witnessed a vast range of effects with each shutter speed and with they varying subjects I shot. First, I shot traffic and people who were walking to practice shooting motion. It was a cold and windy day so I also utilized the American and Texas flag of the Emily Morgan hotel. Since the flags were flapping rapidly in the wind, I was able to practice capturing still and blurred motion. After shooting downtown, I decided to go to the quarry area. A beautiful sunset was occurring as I arrived at the quarry. Also, as night falls, enormous flocks of birds swarm around this area. Therefore, I was able to practice shutter speed with vary levels of light as the sun set. Also, the birds were would frequently fly in packs so I was able to capture high levels of movement as the light levels were changing.
For the most part my, I think my photos were successful. I wish I had been more successful on capturing blurred motion. I feel that I was a bit confused on how to accomplish a successful blurred motion image.Since the quarry is next to a major highway, a lot of traffic occurs. Therefore, I wanted to blur the lights of the oncoming traffic, but these photos did not turn out well. I am going to keep attempting to capture blurred motion throughout the semester.