This document discusses the photography technique of blurred movement. It explains that slower shutter speeds allow for more motion blur as the subject has more time to move across the frame. It also notes that slower shutter speeds require lowering the exposure to prevent washed out colors from too much light. The document then profiles photographer Christopher Martin, who is known for his photos capturing blurred movement of wildlife and landscapes. It describes how the author was inspired by Martin's work to take their own photos experimenting with blurred movement on a busy street in London at sunset.

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Unit 57 Blog Essay for Blurred Movement
By Chelsie Brandrick
Blurred movement is a photography technique that creates a blur of motion from a
moving subject in the photo. The slower the shutter speed the bigger the blur as the
subject has more time to move across the screen. The motion blur effect can be used
to give photos more personality or highlight the subjects’ movements. The problem
that lower shutter speeds can have is they let more light into the lens every time a
photo is taken. High exposure can lead to bright pictures with washed out colours. A
way to fix this problem is to lower the exposure which will take a process of trial and
error to find the right fit. Images will begin to blur slightly at any shutter speed below
1/500 and a speed below 1/15 will create a large blur.
Christopher Martin is a Canadian photographer who often takes photos of the wildlife
and mountains surrounding where he lives in Alberta. He looks for special moments
to photograph and loves how photography allows him to play with reality by
manipulating it with motion blurs and long exposure. He has captured many scenes
using blurred movement and I was inspired by his ‘Berlin Traffic in Motion’
collection to experiment with my own photos. Chris’ photos are personal and
transport the viewer to the scene; this is what I aimed to do when I took my images.

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I started taking my photos with a shutter speed of 1/30 and began to adjust it slower or
faster when it was necessary to capture the image I desired. I captured my images on
Regent’s Street, London, as I knew it would be busy with people and rich in traffic,
which would give me many opportunities to experiment with the technique. I shot my
photos in natural light at sunset so I had a fairly high ISO to compensate for the
darkening environment. During the edit I increased the exposure and vibrancy to
enhance the colours present in the image but thought that editing the photos too much
would ruin the image.
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 800
Shutter Speed: 1/13
Focal Length: 14.0 mm