Jump ShotsJump ShotsControlling Action & Motion

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Self-portrait• 1954

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Self-portrait w/ Grace Kelly

• 1955

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Self-portrait w/ Marilyn Monroe

• 1959

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Liberace• 1954

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Peter Ustinov• 1955

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Anthony Perkins• 1958

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Maurice Chevalier• 1958

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Groucho Marx• 1952

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Brigitte Bardot• 1955

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Marilyn Monroe 18th birthday

• 1959

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Aubrey Hepburn• 1955

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Sophia Loren• 1955

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Olivia de Havilland• 1955

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Bob Hope• 1956

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Harold Lloyd• 1953

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Salvador Dali• 195?

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Weegee (Usher Fellig)• 1961

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• John Steinbeck• 1953

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Harvey S. Firestone jr.• 1955

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Richard Nixon (V.P.).• 1959

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

• 1951

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• The Duke and Dutchess of Windsor

• 1956

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• The Duke and Dutchess of Windsor

• 1956

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• The Duke and Dutchess of Windsor

• 1956

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Grace Kelly• 1955

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• J. Robert Oppenheimer

• 1958

Philippe HalsmanPhilippe HalsmanAmerican, born Latvia (1906-1979)

• Complied the “Jump Book” 1959

• Edward Steichen• 1959

Jump Shot RequirementsJump Shot RequirementsAssignment

• Vary shutter speeds– Take 7@ over 1/250 – Take 7@ 1/60– Take 7@ 1/30

• Use f/stop to match light meter reading

• Action will vary• Capture “hang time”• Keep sun to

photographer’s back• Capture “hang time”

Hang TimeHang Time

• When something is going up, not yet going down.

• The height of the action.

• The “Green Zone”

Jump Shot RequirementsJump Shot RequirementsAssignment

Hang Time

– When something is going up, not yet going down

Jump Shot RequirementsJump Shot RequirementsAssignment

• Must show hang time

• Action / Motion.

• 21 Digital Negative on server

• Contact Sheet

• 3 Prints

• Exposure Log

• Self-evaluation Sheet

Jump Shot RequirementsJump Shot RequirementsAssignment

Remember Hang Time

•When something is going up, not yet going down

Jump Shot RequirementsJump Shot RequirementsAssignment

When something is going up, not yet going down