The document discusses two experimental photography techniques - high speed photography and scanography. For high speed photography, the key aspects are using a very fast shutter speed (e.g. 1/1000th of a second), a tripod to avoid blur from camera shake, a high aperture for more light, and flash lighting in a dark room. The author produced a test image capturing paper in mid-air. For scanography, scanners can distort images by pressing objects on the glass or moving the scanner, elongating and warping objects. The author created a self-portrait using this technique but notes it may not suit their final images.

1. EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Task 3

2. HIGH SPEED

3. HIGH SPEED
I have conducted some research into how to create high speed photography and have sourced a
number of different high speed photographs that have been produced using a very specific technique. I
thought that I would try to create some of my own high speed photographs because I really like the way in
which certain moments that the eye cannot see because they happen in an instant can be immortalized
using this type of photography, I think that there is a lot of potential for me to be as creative as possible
with using this technique and I would really like to try and use it when creating my final images.
In order for me to create my own high speed photographs I had to research exactly how to create
this effect, I found out that the key to high speed photography is shutter speed, lighting and the use of a
tripod. I found out that in order to capture a specific moment in time using a camera, the shutter speed has
to be extremely fast, this is because the longer your shutter is open for means that there is more time to
capture the image, meaning that if you were to take a photograph with a shutter speed of 1/125th of a
second a moving object would become blurred within the image. However if you were to take a
photograph at 1/1000th of a second the image would have perfect focus and the moment would be
captured perfectly. Baring this in mind it is very important that the image is taken with a tripod to avoid any
camera shake as this would effect any image taken with such a high shutter speed. The aperture of the
camera must also be extremely high, this is because as much light as possible must be let into the camera
in order to create a photograph of high quality, which a high speed photograph must be. Because of this
the image will have to be taken in a pitch black room using a flash in order to ensure that the lighting of the
image is not ruined my the large aperture.
When creating my own image I make sure that I had applied all of these techniques so that I could
create a good high speed photograph and to help further my understanding of the workings of a DSLR
camera.

4. HIGH SPEED
The image that I produced while using the
techniques for high speed photography worked
with regards to capturing a moment in time with
high focus and quality, however due to the
facilities I had to work with the image itself is not
the kind of image that I would submit, this image
is purely en experimental tester image in order
for me to understand how to create high speed
photography myself. Baring this in mind I
believe that I have achieved this very well, the
pieces of paper in this image have been
captured and look as if they are suspended in
mid-air.
I really enjoyed looking into this type of
experimental photography and can imagine that
I could develop this technique further and create
and image with depth and of a high quality when
creating my final images for this unit. I find this
technique of experimental photography very
useful.

5. SCANOGRAPHY

6. SCANOGRAPHY
I have chosen to also look into the experimental technique of Scanography photography. In order to
end up creating my own images using a scanner I had to conduct some research into how to create the
images and decided to look at current photographs that have been produced in order to see the effect that
can be achieved. There are two different ways in which a scanner can be used to create experimental
photographs, because of the fact that a scanner is used to take very detailed images of a high quality, this
means that it can pick up the smallest detail and anything that is pressed to the scanner glass is crystal
clear, this means that some images can be produced with some parts of the image being in focus and
some not, also due to the fact that the scanner has glass, it can be quite interesting to have things
squashed and pressed up to the glass. Some of the images that I have sourced display this technique well.
The other way in which a scanner can be used to create experimental images is if you were to focus
ion the fact that the scanner camera is a moving object which takes one image or a certain perimeter.
Imagine having a camera with a very slow shutter speed and moving it slowly to the side, objects would
become elongated and warped, making the object seem unusual and abnormal. some photographers have
used this to their advantage and created some images that are very interesting and are most certainly
experimental.

7. SCANOGRAPHY
This experiment was created by using a
scanner/printer. I created the photograph by
following the scanner light with my hand/face
which meant that the photograph is elongated,
warped and not a ‘normal’ or conventional
photograph. I think that this technique is very
interesting, however I do not think that I will use
this technique when creating my own
experimental photographs, as I think it would be
difficult to create an image themed on discovery.
However if I needed to take an image of a small
object in order for it to be detailed I would
definitely consider using this technique as the
images that are produced using this technique
are very clear and detailed.
Although scanography is usually very
clear and of a high quality, when producing my
images I used a scanner and printed off the
image that I produced, then have used a
scanner of a low quality in order to be able to
submit it electronically, this is why my images
seem to be of a bad quality, where as in reality
they are of a high resolution.