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ControllingLight|ShutterSpeed+Aperture|StudyGuideTomakeacorrectexposure,sothatyourpictureisneithertoolightnortodark,youneedtocontroltheamountoflightthatreachesthedigitalimagesensor.ShutterSpeed=ExposureTimeTheshutterspeed(theamountoftimetheshutterremainsopen)isoneoftwocontrolsyourcamerahasovertheamountoflightenteringthecamera.

Aperture=f-StopTheaperturesizeistheotherlightcontrol(howbigorsmallistheholethatallowslightinthecamera).

Bycontrollingtheamountoflightthatentersthecamera,theshutterspeedalsoaffectsthewaythatmovingobjectsareshown.

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Afastshutterspeedcanfreezemotion–1/250sec.ismorethanfastenoughformostscenes.Averyslowshutterspeedwillrecordevenaslow-movingobjectwithsomeblur.ShutterSpeed+ApertureTheshutterspeedandapertureworktotogethertoachieveacorrectexposure.Astheshutterspeedgetsfaster,lettinglesslighthitthesensor,theapertureopeninggetslargertomakeupthedifference.Ifyouwanttouseasmallapertureopening,theshutterspeedwillbecomeslowertocompensate.Foracorrectexposuretheshutterspeedandtheapertureopeningneedtoworktogethertoallowthecorrectamountoflightstrikethesensor.

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1.Whichphotographbelowbestillustratesafastshutterspeed?

2.Whichphotographbelowbestillustratesafastshutterspeed?

3.Whichphotographsbelowbestillustratesaslowshutterspeed?

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4.Whichphotographbelowbestillustratesaslowshutterspeed?

5.Whichphotographbelowbestillustratesalargeapertureopening?

6.Whichphotographbelowbestillustratesalargeapertureopening?

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7.Whichphotographbelowbestillustratesasmallapertureopening?

8.Whichphotographbelowbestillustratesasmallapertureopening?

9.Whichofthefollowingphotographsbestillustratesafastshutterspeedwithalargeapertureopening?

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10.Whichofthefollowingphotographsbestillustratesaslowshutterspeedwithasmallapertureopening?