Moving imagesEadweard Muybridge was the first to make a moving image. He developed a fast camera shutter and used other high-tech equipment of his day to make the first photographs to show sequences of movement.
Muybridge explained how a horse ran by using a series of cameras lined up with a trigger in the path of the running horse, so that as the horse ran past the picture would be taken at the exact moment the horse passed. This series of images was one of his most famous and below is a video explaining how he did it. The moving image to the right is one of my favourites from Muybridge's work. I like it because it is really sweet and they both look really happy.
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My moving images
Working in small groups we each made an animated GIF such as the one on the left. We used an app called Mopho on the Ipad where you take an image for each time you change position and then it condenses the pictures and makes them into one endless GIF.
After making the GIFs I chose one and melted it on a website called gifmelter. This website distorts the image in lots of different ways. Some of the examples are shown below. |
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Stop motionStop motion is very similar to animated GIFs the only difference is that stop motion images have a start and an end whereas GIFs are on a continuous loop.
I found this amazing stop motion on Vimeo. Its incredible how much time and effort went into making this 1 and a half minute video! I really like the story of this stop motion video, its really imaginative and interesting. This stop motion was made to promote a mobile phone and one of the many things it can be used for. |
This is a stop motion my friend Branwen and I made. we took 100 pictures and then made them into a moving image at 12 frames per second. We then made a screen cast of how to make a stop motion:
Time LapseTime lapse, similar to stop motion, involves taking a series of images and then putting them together except when you make a time lapse you keep taking photos for a long period of time. This allows you to see things which would normally take days in a matter of moments, for example you would be able to see a flower blooming or a butterfly coming out of its cocoon.
This time lapse is really awesome, the amount of snow fall is absolutely astonishing. I love the way they have included a clock to show the time period of this time lapse. |
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This is another time lapse of my photography class working for the first hour of our lesson. To make this time lapse we used a digital SLR on a tripod and a neewer timer which took a picture every 10 seconds and animating at 12 frames per second.
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