Macro photography has always been a favorite of mine just because it's so cool to look at. This whole gallery of close-up stilled shots (although not all of them are macro) is just.. cool. These photographs make me go "wow." And in the midst of studying the industry and feeling the stress of incomes, number-crunching, it's easy to forget that sometimes, the "best" photographs aren't the ones that tell the deepest stories or win the highest prizes. I like these photos because they're creative, they depict situations, while totally pointless, still aren't normally encountered in daily life and therefore, interesting. In my project proposal I asked something along the lines of what makes a good photograph. There's the manipulation of light, perspective, creating angles, etc. all the little intricacies of portrait photography. There's the awe factor associated with action shots, the shots that capture a moment, the ones you might have to stand in thirty thunderstorms, waiting for that one perfect lightning bolt, to capture. All of those demand respect, and can make or break careers. Yet there's this fun, quirky gallery that is just something... different?
Applying stuff I've learned:
So, these photographs are possible using insanely high-speed shutter speeds. The lens of the camera opens and closes so quickly that for example, the fall of a water droplet is captured. In comparison, lower shutter speeds "blur" motion. Shutter speed becomes a vital part of sports photography, where photographers dictate how "still" players appear, compared to how blurred the environment around them is.
