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The Speed of Life.
Our project revolved around the idea of the quick pace of life. We see this every day. The days go quick, the weeks go quicker. Each and every memory is slowly fading as our life lengthens. Our group aimed to capture this innate nature of time by centering our images on motion. Each member's images encompass a different style or theme. Each has a trend or idea that is meant to truly show the Speed of Life.

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My goal for this project was to show the "Speed the Life" through light trails and long exposures. I specifically was looking to capture the light rail and the light trails from cars. For this project, I took long exposure photos and in some cases, I took multiple long exposure photos and then stacked multiple photos together to show even more light trails. I also wanted to find different ways to show movement other than with the cars. So I decided to use the light rail. This was a unique and cool way to show different types of movement and speed. Light trails are a great way to show movement in a unique way.

These photos look complicated and super hard to make but they are actually quite easy. First, you need a tripod because you're going to need the camera to stay still for an elongated amount of time. You are also going to need an intervalometer/remote so you can take the photos. Once you have the spot where you're going to take photos you're going to need to set up your shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. I usually use a longer shutter speed, somewhere between 10-20 seconds but it really dampened on what time and where you're capturing the photos. Then I make my aperture super high, somewhere around 18-22. Then you need a super low ISO like 100 or 200. Once you have these things down you just need to take the photos and then edit them the way you want.

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Explore this photo album by Eli Kruckenberg on Flickr!

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My goal for this project was to capture the Speed of life through planes. I did not want to focus on the plane, however. I wanted to have a subject with a plane flying behind it. I did this because I think that if you don't stop and look at something you will miss it. At first, I struggled to find places where planes flew over and have an interesting subject, but once I was asked to leave by the police they made me actually find better places so thanks to them. I think that the hardest part of this project was making sure my subject was in focus during the night (My camera struggled with that for a while).

What I did to create this was a long exposure usually 2 seconds of planes flying across objects around Sky Harbor Airport. I made sure that I had a tripod with me to keep my photos stable. I found objects that would be interesting to look at and that would add to the effect of the speed of life. I really enjoyed this because it brought me out of my comfort zone while still working with night photos. By adding this effect of motion but having the subject in focus I think it makes the whole composition pop out yet stay uniform to the other photos in the album.

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Explore this photo album by Charlie Ratterman on Flickr!

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My goal for my photos was to show the "Speed of Life" through a third person perspective. I wanted to create a sensation of watching time and motion pass by. I used light trails and relaxed poses to create a sort of meditative or contemplative sensation.

Creating these photos proved to be extremely difficult. My long exposures needed to be long, about 30 seconds, in order to get as much motion as possible without having to stack photos. I used my tripod to keep my camera steady, and because I was in my own photos and I did not have a remote or intervalometer, I used a 10 second time in order to have enough time to get into a comfortable position. I kept my ISO at 100 and my aperture at around 22. In order to make myself less blurry, I had to stay completely still for 30 seconds.

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Explore this photo album by Alex Chen on Flickr!

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My goal for this project was to show the "Speed the Life" through light trails.  I took long exposure photos and in some cases, stacked multiple long exposure photos together to show even more light trails.  These light trails show movement in a unique way by showing the speed and fast pace of life through the movement of light.

These photos required a tripod and a very stable surface, in order to avoid blur.  I adjusted the ISO and shutter speed based on the lighting and subject matter.  I found that a very low ISO worked best for my light trails photos.  For the car trails photos, I used 5 second exposures and stacked multiple photos on top of each other. For the other light trails photos, I used 15-20 second exposures and captured the light of flashlights and glowsticks.

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My goal was to show the "Speed of Life" through blurr. I aimed to keep the background crisp while showing movement of subjects, expressing the constant motion of life and the endless rush to be somewhere. Blur shows movement. It expresses the intended direction of travel and makes the subject unclear because their motion is not frozen, but captured as a whole, like a short video where each frame is overlapped and frozen.

What I did to create this effect was lengthen the shutter speed and overlap images. By lengthening the shutter speed, I got blurry subjects, yet, since I used a tripod, everything that stayed still was clear. By overlapping the resulting images, I was able to show different moments in time where movement was occurring in the same place. This allowed for the juxtaposition of different movements in one area, showing motion and blur multiple times, further expressing the notion of life's fast-moving pace.

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Explore this photo album by Chiraag '22 on Flickr!

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