Shutter Speed Lesson

Shutter Speed Lesson

Shutter Speed

Short video

 

1. Motion

2. Light

 

FAST SHUTTER
1. Freezes the action (Stop Action)
 
2. Lets in LESS light
The following are examples of a fast shutter.  It STOPS the action.

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Slow Shutter
  • Lower than 1/200 of a second
    • Need  a tripod or photos will be blurry from camera shake
What does a low shutter do?
1.  Blursthe object 
  • Feeling of motion
  • Lets in MORE Light
    • Good for Night photography

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Slow vs Fast Shutter Speeds

Water Victoria Castle

Skateboard Jumping

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Shutter Speed and the Camera

TV dial : (shutter priority mode)

  • you are controlling only your shutter speed
  • The shutter speed is located in the camera it self and not the lens
  • Shutter Speed is how long the cameras  shutter is open when taking a photograph

How Shutter Speed is Measured 
  • Shutter speed is measured in seconds and fractions of seconds 
    • As a fraction of a second (1/4000)
      • As a Whole second  (1, 2, 3)

 

  • Shutter Speed shown on back of camera

  • The camera will control the aperture. 
    • You can no longer change it.
    • When you change your shutter speed your aperture changes also

  • The bigger the denominator the faster the speed (1/1000 is much faster than 1/10)
  • The longer the shutter is open the more light gets in