How Do You Use Shutter Speed For Creative Photography?
Knowing how your camera works will allow you to take better pictures. Shutter speed, combined with aperture, determines how much light enters the camera and can be used creatively to add interest to your images. Shutter speed is the amount of time a camera’s shutter remains open exposing the film or digital sensor to light. One of the three elements in the exposure triangle, shutter speed can be used creatively in photography to show movement or speed, and to isolate a subject from its surroundings. Shutter speeds are expressed as fractions like 1/1000 and 1/60 or 30″ if the time is long enough for whole numbers, in this case thirty seconds. Fractions can be a bit confusing if you aren’t accustomed to working with them so just remember, the smaller the bottom number the slower the shutter speed. Blurred images caused by camera shake become a problem if you set a shutter speed slower than the reciprocal of the focal length of the lens you’re using. If you’re shooting a 50mm (50/1) lens,
