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Shutter speed in a photo is defined as the length of time that the light hits the sensor in the camera. This could be as fast as 1/1000 of a second to a full day depending on what you want to take the picture of, this is further explained by the diagram below. An f-stop is the opening in which light is let into the camera it can be very small or very large this is also called the aperture. This photo shows a small part of what the photographer might think about, when they take the photograph. This link shows many different ways the photographer takes the picture and what manipulations they used for the shutter speed. The faster your shutter speed the less time you need to expose the picture. If you take a photograph of someone running then you would want to have a fast shutter speed to capture the movement of the person running. If you wanted the image to show a blur you would want a slower shutter speed so you could capture the blur or the person running. In the photograph above you get to see what a small stream of water would look like with a 2 second exposure. This shows the full detail of the rocks and the blur of the water because the water is moving and the rocks are staying still. The longer exposure the greater the amount of blur you would get in your photograph. The link above shows how this happens it shows a range from 1/50 of a second to 30 seconds. When looking at the website notice that the rocks do not change but the water varies greatly.
When to Use a Different Shutter Speed.
1-30+ seconds 2-1/2 second 1/2-1/30 second 1/50-1/100 second 1/250-1/500 second 1/1000-1/4000 second | Specialty night and low-light photos on a tripod. To add a silky look to flowing water, landscape photos on a tripod for advanced depth of field. To add motion blur to a background of a moving subject use of a tripod is sometimes helpful. Hand-held photos without substantial zoom. To freeze everyday sports actions. To freeze extremely fast, up close subject motion. |