Shutter Speed

Shutter Speed is the amount of time that the shutter is open for. The shutter speed is measured in seconds ranging from long exposures of 30 or more seconds to fast speeds of anything as short as 1/8000 seconds. By altering the speed of the shutter you have control of the subjects movement. A slow shutter speed will blur the movement where as the fast shutter speed will freeze the subject with the sense of movement often still present.

Taken by Isaac Bauman

Taken by Duane Hart

The use of varing shutter speeds is particually popular in sports photography, due to the huge amount of variety in the result, from capturing movement to freezing a moment. Using either a slow or fast shutter speed can change the outcome of the image compleatly, but each adding drama and depth to the photo that you couldnt get with the average shutter speed.

Attempting the use of slow and fast shutter speeds in photography for the first time, I decided I wanted to have a go at painting with light, which is only successful with the use of a long exposure. To be effective with 'painting with light' and to get the most out of your images you must be in a dark room, or dark space, which I made sure I was. Your ISO must be low to make sure any little light there may be wont be let in through the lense and your shutter speed needs to be on a high setting eg, 10" to capture every slight movement of the light you are

using eg, torch, phone screen, sparkler.

Taken of myself jumping, using the self timer.

When having a go at the use of fast shutter speeds we did the simple activity of jumping, spinning, any movement used with only oursleves. The camera was set to very high shutter eg, 1/1000 and the ISO and aperture set to match, making the images neither over or under exposed. This technique again freezes the moment you want to capture.

Taken of Rebekah shaking her head.