Shutter Speed

Blurred v/s Frozen Shots

 Fast shutter speed 500
Blurred v/s Frozen Shots
 Normal shutter speed
 What is shutter speed?
 It is essentially the  1/8000,
indicator of the  1/4000,
duration / timing at  1/1000,
which the shutter  1/500,
curtain opens up  1/250,
and closes during  1/125,
an exposure  1/60,
process  1/30,
 1/15,
 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1 etc.
Shutter speed dial

 The shutter speed dial provide the

selection of shutter speeds, and indicates
the timing of the shutter open and closes.
 A fast shutter speed such as 1/500 sec
will close faster than, say 1/2 sec
exposure time. In this case, the shutter
curtain will close very fast and thus
resulting in less light entering the film.
What does shutter speed do ?

 Different shutter speeds yield different

kind of visual effect on a final photograph.
 A fast shutter speed can freeze action
while slow speed can blur your image
Examples of Slow Shutter
Speed
 Less than 60.Around 1/8
Examples of Slow Shutter
Speed
 Low shutter speed around 1/15
Examples of Fast Shutter
Speed
Examples of Fast Shutter
Speed
 1/500
Creative effect of Combination
 Fast shutter speed
 Aperture
Subject: Basic Photography
What is Aperture?

 The aperture is like a pupil in your eye. The pupil

opening is bigger in a room with less light to allow
you to see and Vice Versa.
 In Photography, Aperture is referred to lens
diaphragm opening inside a photographic lens.
 The size of this diaphragm opening in a camera
lens REGULATES amount of light that passes
through onto film inside the camera.
 The size of an aperture in a lens can either be a
fixed or adjustable type (like an SLR camera).
How is aperture calibrated ?
 Aperture size is usually
calibrated in f-numbers. These
are ratios.

 i.e. f 22 (f/22), f16 (f/16), f/11,

f/8.0, f/5.6, f/4.0, f 3.5 ,f/2.8,
f/2.0, f/1.8 etc.
What it means is
 f/16 will let in 1X the amount of light than a
diaphragm opening of f/22 and so forth;
 f/4.0 will let in 1X lesser than that of f/2.8 etc.
 Aperture + Shutter Speed = Exposure
 Aperture, along with duration/timing of shutter
curtain opening, BOTH contribute to a the formation
of an exposure.
 Aperture also affects "depth of field"
Exposure
 Balancing Shutter and Aperture:
Exposure is about different combinations of
shutter and f-stop settings. These
combinations can drastically affect the
finished picture.
Amount of light
Amount of light
 Relation between A and SS
Shutter Speed

Apert
ure

Slow (1/30 sec) Fast (1/1000 sec)

Small Overexposed — a slow shutter Correct — a fast shutter

f-stop speed and small f-stop will speed lets in less light, but a
(f4.5) both let in more light small f-stop lets in more

Large Correct — a slow shutter Underexposed — a fast

f-stop speed lets in more light, but a shutter speed and large f-
(f22) large f-stop lets in less stop both let in less light