Shutter Speed Priority: Slow Shutter Speed Minimum 3 photos edited and posted to your page A slower shutter speed will capture more light and more movement. When the shutter is open, it captures all movement and light on the sensor. The shutter speed determines the length of the time the shutter will remain open.
Capturing Movement with a Slow Shutter: Introduction We will start using a slower shutter speed outdoors with one stationary object and one moving object- a person and a car. From there, you can create a more dynamic composition once you feel you have mastered the use of the shutter speed. You can try a person moving with a person stationary, multiple people in a shot...whatever you can think up!
Setting Up: * The slower the shutter speed, the more light is being transmitted to the image sensor in your camera. Because of this, you will need to: -Have a LOW ISO...this makes your sensor less sensitive to light. The only time you would change this is if it were getting dark or there is a ton of cloud cover. -Increase your Aperture number- this allows less light into the camera. * Test your shutter speed- you want to get the right amount of blur. Once you figure out what that is, adjust your Aperture to get good lighting exposure. * Plan your shot! Keep these tips in mind when setting up a composition: -try to avoid have a horizontal divide in your photo from the street or horizon line. Try angling your camera slightly up or down and adjusting your tripod up or down to get a rule of thirds. -make sure the person is not cut out of the photo on the top or bottom- move yourself or the subject matter closer or farther away to frame them correctly -you want the car to drive “into” the photo…try capturing the car before the front end leaves the frame -have the person positioned “into” the picture- if they are turned in a certain direction, it should be towards the interior of the photo -have the person on the side of the frame that the car is entering…that way they don’t block the front end of the car in the photo. -try different poses- sitting, standing, facing towards you, sideways, away, etc… *The person should be still in the photo, not moving!* * Use a tripod or flat surface. If you are lower than shutter speed 1/40, you will begin to cause camera shake- your hands holding the camera will create the whole photo to be out of focus. Using a flat surface: the ground, your knee, a wall, chair, etc… can help if a tripod is not available. * Simple Background- you don’t want the main subject matter competing for attention. Because of the slower shutter, we will have a higher aperture- this means a longer focal range…no shallow depth of field photos here. The background will be in focus, so you want it so you want it simple so that our attention is on the main subject only. * Focus first- before taking a shot, make sure you are in focus. Use the person in the photo as your point of focus.