Sequence Photography shoots

Shoot 1:

For my first attempt at sequence photography, I used Jenga blocks and dice. I wanted to capture the process of the blocks falling down in bursts but the flash in the studio wasn’t quick enough so I had to take pictures individually and reposition the blocks back up multiple times after they had already fallen. I used a tripod to keep the camera still and took photos at different times. This is so it would be easier to make it look like it had all happened in one take.

My main goal for this shoot was to show the process of the blocks falling. When editing the pictures with the Jenga blocks, I attempted to overlay the photos in order of when they were falling on top of each other to make it look like it had all been photographed in one take. However this did not work so I had to do this photoshoot again using a different technique instead.

For the dice photos, I wanted to freeze the movement of both of them rolling in the air when someone threw them. I used black dice so they would show up easier against the white background.

In the first dice pictures I took, they had an exposure time of only 1/100 of a second so they were a bit blurry. I wanted them to look a bit sharper so I took photos at 1/320 of a second.

For my second attempt at sequence photography I made changes to my technique by using more than one flash at different times and experimented more with the background colour. I still used Jenga blocks and a tripod to keep the camera still. It was more important to keep the camera still for this second shoot because I used a much longer exposure time.

For the first few pictures I took, I did it on a white background and faintly caught some exposure on the blocks after they had fallen down.

When editing this photo I wanted to make the already fallen blocks stand out a bit more by decreasing the contrast, using auto tone in Photoshop and then adjusting the colour balance to make the background more white.

For the next few photos, a black background and a second speedlight flash were used which drastically improved the images. Because the blocks had a dark colour behind them, they stood out significantly more.

For these two photos I increased the contrast all the way so the creases in the black fabric could not be seen and cropped them all the be the exact same width and height. There is a tiny bit of overexposure on the top of the last few blocks but other than that I think the photo turned out really good.

I cropped this image so the blocks filled the frame and there wasn’t too much empty space.