Showing posts with label Shutter Speed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shutter Speed. Show all posts

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Slow shutter creativity!


(example of shooting while twisting the camera.)

Have you ever been bored shooting sharp pictures, by-the-book technicals? Have you ever wanted to try something unusual? i guess this is just the right article for you to read. Let me share with you some fun stuff and out of the box techniques that will bring out a new paradigm in your photos and boost your creativity.

The tricks here are done with a slow shutter to show a sense of movement in the image and no post processing required, just between you and your good old camera.



(example of slow sync flash technique.)

=Zoom burst. This is done by setting your
camera on a slow shutter like 1/30 or slower. focus on your subject and simultaneously twist your zoom lens while pressing the shutter! Be surprised with the final image.

=Bulb setting trick. You need patience before you can master this trick. This trick is the secret to capturing star trails and moving city traffic at night. You need a tripod and long battery life for this technique.

=Twist. Twisting your camera gives a swirling and abstract effect on the image.

=Panning. Follow he moving subject with your camera while pressing the shutter.

=Slow sync flash. Put your setting on a slow shutter and just the flash. This is great on a low light situation e.g inside a bar or disco. Experiment by either shooting still or moving the camera in whatever directions your want.



example of shooting street cars on slow shutter.)

Monday, March 12, 2007

Photography lesson day 6 - Shutter Speed

DAY 6

Playing with Aperture and Shutter

The difference between a good and an amateur photographer is that an amateur photographer points at a subject and then shoots, a good photographers knows how a camera works and how the final image is affected by the adjustment of shutter speed and aperture therefore a good photographer thinks or visualizes what he wants for a final image before shooting.


Shutter Speed. You may use a slow shutter to blur the movement of an object. This means that the reading of slow aperture must be compensated by a small opening aperture or higher f/stop. On the other hand a faster shutter speed will freeze the motion. To do this, set first the shutter speed to desired speed and then get the exposure.

This is an example of blurring the motion. I used slow shutter to show the tracks of the drum sticks





This one on the other hand shows a frozen motion. Notice that everything is sharp.



Assignment F:

1. Shoot a moving subject on a slow shutter
2. Shoot a moving object and stop the motion