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Introduction
How To Experiment
Introduction: What Is
Time-Flow Photography?
I coined the term 'time-flow photography' to describe
photographs of motion that were taken with long
shutter speeds. This type of imagery records
continuous movement rather than segmented
motion such as that captured with a flashing strobe
light and a long shutter speed. My goal was to
record the full sweep of motion over a number of
seconds. As you will read, this idea was first put
forward 100 years ago when photography was quite
limited. But today a full range of new imagery may
be possible with the advanced capabilities of digital.
Early Experimentation
This interactive eBook contains a variety of early
experimental images -- an exploration of what was
now possible with the new digital photography
medium. This eBook shows both the effects I was
able to achieve and also my development as the
technology itself developed.
In the beginning -- because I was often limited by a
shutter speed that was too high, a fixed low ISO,
low resolution and small storage space -- time-flow
photography was difficult to record, yet with a little
ingenuity it could be accomplished.
time-flow
to describe the particular imagery in this eBook, because this work does
not segment movement into multiple sharp images as with a flashing
strobe light, but rather records unbroken motion. For example, this
bouncing basketball photographed with such a strobe, shows the ball as
multiple images rather than one long brush stroke.
Time-Flow Photography
As you will see,
continuous movement
-- when looked at closely -is quite complex.
Things go in different directions,
at different speeds
and in different ways.
Seurat
Contemporary Portrait
Toulouse-Lautrec
Contemporary Abstract
van Gogh
Monet
Subject Movement
Camera Movement
Subject & Camera Movement
Relative Movement
Absolute Movement
Stillness & Movement in the same shot
Ghosting
Negative Ghosting
Multiple Exposure Effects
Light Painting
Subject Movement
-- the cab is moving but the pavement is sharp --
Subject Movement
-- the fireworks & rides are moving but the parked cars are sharp --
Subject Movement
-- a big band playing energetically on TV combined with an 8 second
shutter speed and an unmoving camera created this shot --
Subject Movement
-- in a 4 second handheld self-portrait,
the moving images on the TV screen paint and
created the abstract design --
Camera Movement
-- the camera in a moving car 'paints' the traffic lights in a long exposure --
Camera Movement
- the camera in a moving car 'paints' traffic lights on rain on a windshield -
Camera Movement
-- taken at the same place, the photo on the left is a sharp photo,
while on the right, the camera paints the light to make an abstract design --
Camera Movement
-- taken at the same place as the previous photo, controlled camera
movement, known as 'camera painting', created this abstract design --
Subject &
Camera
Movement
-- this is a panning
shot of a person
walking at night with
a lantern near a bay;
the light in the
background was light
on the water that
streaked as I panned
with the moving
person --
Ghosting
-- ghosting describes the faint wisp of a moving person in a shot,
often with the background showing through transparently --
Ghosting
-- with a dark background, light movement is painted
against the darkness in a long exposure --
Ghosting
Negative Ghosting
-- a light background 'eats' around the edges
of a central figure in a long exposure --
Negative Ghosting
Mixed Movement
-- a variety of motion: a turning Ferris Wheel & the ghosting
caused by some people moving while others stand still --
Mixed Movement
-- panning with the man walking his bicycle is one motion
while the random motion of the crowd in front is another --
Light Painting
-- in a long exposure with a dark background, you can paint with a
flashlight or other light source, just like using a paint brush --
Light Painting
Light Painting
White Balance
These two shots were taken in the same place.
The difference was due to the camera's white balance setting.
Changing the white balance can create different sets of colors.
White Balance
How To Experiment
If you want to discover new untried effects, then
experimenting is the way to go. Most of what I have
written here had never been done before with digital -and only on a very limited basis with film, as it was too
expensive and time consuming.
How To Experiment
In these next 8 screens you will see what I
accomplished in an hour at a county fair. The first
photo is a natural sharp shot of a Ferris Wheel.
Then I took shots at a slow shutter speed as the
wheel turned. Later I added camera movement to
create the effects in the last screens.
This was one of my first digital experiments with
motion. The immediate feedback of the LCD
monitor showed me whether
I was on the right track.
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