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Shutter Speed & Movement
Aside from balancing your exposure, the other thing your shutter speed deter-
mines is the appearance of motion in your photograph: whether a moving sub-
ject looks sharp or blurred.
Harold EdgertonFrank Gohlke
Because shutter speed is the amount of time that the shutter is open, it is also
the amount of time that is recorded on your film.
Harold EdgertonFrank Gohlke
This means that shutter speeds can stop or freeze movement if only a very quick
moment of time is recorded, but if the shutter is open for a longer slice of time, a
moving subject can be captured as a blur.
Harold EdgertonFrank Gohlke
As a photographer, you have the option of choosing a shutter speed that is either
fast enough to stop motion or slow enough to create a blur.
1/2
Slow shutter speed
1/30 1/400
Fast shutter speed
And this decision depends entirely on the effect you’re looking for.
John Guttman Otto Steinert
Most of the time, you’ll probably want to stop movement, and doing so requires
a pretty fast shutter speed.
Elliot Erwitt
The exact shutter speed you’ll need depends to a large extent on your subject
and how fast it is moving (i.e., you’d need a faster shutter speed to capture a fast-
er motion than you would a slower one).
Eugene Richards
Gary Winogrand Eugene Richards
In general, in order to produce a sharp image that freezes motion you will need
the very fastest shutter speeds (1/125, 1/500, 1/1000, etc)
You also have the option of showing motion by deliberately blurring your sub-
ject through the use of a slow shutter speed while shooting something that
moves quickly.
Paul Caponigro
Deliberately blurring a subject within an otherwise sharp image is an effective
way to show or document movement, and also helps to create a unique mood
or atmosphere.
John Goodman
This is done by keeping the shutter speed fast enough to keep the stationary
parts of the scene (i.e., architecture, rocks, etc) sharp, but slow enough to show
the moving parts of the scene (i.e., running water, moving people, etc) as a blur.
John Goodman
The rule of thumb with this is that the slower the shutter speed is the greater
the blurring effect will be.
Sebastiao Salgado
A helpful hint for these sort of experiments with slow shutter speeds is that you
may want to use a tripod or steady your camera on a solid surface so that your
blurry results will be the recording of your subject’s motion and not due to your
own camera shake.66 The Shutter5
Using a tripod
Steadying the Camera
Holding camera correctlyCamera shake
Bracing the camera
Accidental camera movement during exposure is called camera shake and results in an overallimage blur (upper left). Camera shake most often occurs when you use shutter speeds that are tooslow to handhold the camera steadily. To minimize unwanted blur, be sure to set a fast enoughshutter speed (1/30 to 1/60 or faster), hold the camera correctly (upper right), or brace the cameraagainst a support (lower left). Often the most reliable way to hold a camera steady is to place it ona tripod (lower right).
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Camera shake will happen when hand-holding generally at a shutter speed of 1/30 or slower.
A helpful hint for these sort of experiments with slow shutter speeds is that you
may want to use a tripod or steady your camera on a solid surface so that your
blurry results will be the recording of your subject’s motion and not due to your
own camera shake.
66The Shutter 5
Using a tripod
Steadying the Camera
Holding camera correctly Camera shake
Bracing the camera
Accidental camera movement during exposure is called camera shakeand results in an overallimage blur (upper left). Camera shake most often occurs when you use shutter speeds that are tooslow to handhold the camera steadily. To minimize unwanted blur, be sure to set a fast enoughshutter speed (1/30 to 1/60 or faster), hold the camera correctly (upper right), or brace the cameraagainst a support (lower left). Often the most reliable way to hold a camera steady is to place it ona tripod (lower right).
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66 The Shutter5
Using a tripod
Steadying the Camera
Holding camera correctlyCamera shake
Bracing the camera
Accidental camera movement during exposure is called camera shake and results in an overallimage blur (upper left). Camera shake most often occurs when you use shutter speeds that are tooslow to handhold the camera steadily. To minimize unwanted blur, be sure to set a fast enoughshutter speed (1/30 to 1/60 or faster), hold the camera correctly (upper right), or brace the cameraagainst a support (lower left). Often the most reliable way to hold a camera steady is to place it ona tripod (lower right).
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Camera shake will happen when hand-holding generally at a shutter speed of 1/30 or slower.
To Capture Frozen Motion use Fast shutter speeds:
1/125, 1/500, 1/1000, and faster
To Capture Blurred Motion use Slow Shutter speeds:
1/30, 1/15, 1/8, and slower
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