SHUTTER SPEED
Creating a Blurr
Vocabulary
Tripod: Three legged stand that hold the camera stukk
Tripod Port: screw hole on the bottom of the camera
Shutter release: Button that is pressed to take the picture.
Memory Card: Records the images.
SD Card
Memory Stick
MS Card
Shutter Speed: Speed at which the shutter opens and closes
Aperture
ISO / ASA
A camera captures light in order to expose the image correctly. To really control your camera, you must be able to manipulate the shutter speed, aperture and ISO.
SHUTTER SPEED:
The shutter speed is responsible for creating dramatic effects by either freezing action or blurring motion. It is also known as “exposure time” which stands for the length of time a cameras shutter is open to expose light into the camera's image sensor. When the camera fires, the shutter opens and fully exposes the camera's image sensor to the light that passes through the lens aperture. If the shutter speed is slow, it can create an effect called “motion blur”, where moving objects appear blurred along the direction of the motion.
A Compact Digital Camera's shutter speed can be difficult to control, but making strategic choices in your scene selection menu will allow you to play with the shutter speed and create intentional blurs.
LIGH BLUR:
Application: Listen to your camera when you press your shutter release. If there is long pause between clicks, your shutter is open for a long period of time. Click............................click, instead of click...click.
- In Scene selection, choose "Night Scene" or "fireworks" and snap some images in low light settings. Move your camera while the shutter is open, or move the subject matter while the shutter is open. Experiment by moving the camera or the subject at different speeds and see what you come up with.
- Turn off your flash
- set you ISO to the lowest number
Take some images in the dark where there is artificial light only like headlights or flashlights. this can be in a dark space or outside at night. Take 15 to 20 different images.
PANNING
To create panned images, move your camera at the same speed as the object is moving to blur the background and keep the moving subject in focus.
- Click on the link to watch the video for more information on the pan effect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJcjzcO8Zts
- Mark Nowhereman photographs motorcycles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwv1mGIq2Y
Six (6) best images
2 basic motion
2 Light motion
2 panning images
Have fun!
