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Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge Eadweard Muybridge was an English Photographer born in the 19th century , important for his photographic studies of motion and picture projection. This is the photo that Muybridge is most famous for. The sequence of photos was for an experiment. The question was "When a horse gallops, does it ever become fully airborne?".  The way Muybridge set up his shoot was buy having 12 cameras along the track of Stanford's estate, when the horse ran passed, it triggered the camera to flash. He developed the photos on site and proved the question to be right.  If I were to recreate this photo I would take a series of photos of my dog running in a field. I would take a burst of photos as he runs and hopefully if I have the right shutter speed it should come out sharp and not blurry.  Once the photos have been taken I will edit them and hopefully it should turn out to be something similar to Muybridge's. Since that shoot he has experiment

Justin Quinell

Justin Quinell Justin Quinell is a pinhole based photographer who is known for is odd camera  placements.Some of his most famous compositions is where he places the pinhole camera in his mouth. Here is one of his photographs. This image is very thought provoking as Iv'e never seen a photograph like it. The reason why this photograph works well is due to its super wide focal length. if I were to estimate, I would say its between 8-12 mm. This allows the light sensitive paper inside the box to capture the majority of Justin Quinell's teeth. and also the Dentist in the centre of the photo. The theme of this photo was well thought of too. the fact that it is in a dental practice is relevant due to the placement of the camera.  This is another style of photograms that Quinell produces. whats shown in the photo is basically a light trail of the sun passing through the sky. These are more commonly known as solar graphs. To make this a successful photo the paper