Category: shutter speed

Making sense of aperture, shutter speed and ISO with the exposure triangle

Viktor Elizarov

How important is exposure in photography? What are the components of exposure? What is the “Exposure Triangle”? These are the questions I will attempt to answer in this introductory post about ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed – the components of achieving a properly exposed photo. Understanding the purpose and value of exposure is a must […]

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Shutter Speed Chart as a Photographer’s Cheat Sheet

Viktor Elizarov

When we talk about the Shutter Speed in photography the first thing that comes to mind is its is relationship to Exposure. The Shutter speed is the essential part of Exposure Triangle (Aperture, ISO, Shutter Speed) and it helps photographers to get perfectly exposed photos. But my belief is that to understand and to master […]

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Watch a helicopter magically levitates with frozen rotors, and understand why it happens

Udi Tirosh

Have you ever seen a helicopter magically rise in the air without its motor spinning? If not, you are in for a treat. OK, how can that be? Here is a little well-known secret, the main rotor of the helicopter is actually spinning pretty fast? Fast enough that it perfectly aligns with the frame rate […]

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Everything you ever needed to know about shutter speed

John Aldred

There’s a lot more to shutter speed than simply filling in a part of the exposure triangle.  The creative choices when it comes to shutter speed are just as important as the technical. In this video from PhotoRec TV, Toby Gelston tells us all about shutter speed, the issues that can arise from having one […]

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Common mistakes at every shutter speed (and how to avoid them)

Digital Camera World

At a basic level, shutter speed is used to control exposure, but it can also be used as a creative tool that freezes action or adds dramatic blur to moving subjects. In this tutorial we’ll explain some of the common mistakes you might encounter while trying to achieve the five classic shutter speed effects of freezing movement, blurring action, using blur creatively, long exposures and night photography.

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Why Your Camera is Like a Faucet

Lisa Robinson

Seems like an odd title to an article, right? Well, it’s true! If you’ve ever thought about making the switch to exposing fully manually, but struggled to get apertures and shutter speeds to do what you want them to do, all you  need to do is to remember that your camera is just like a […]

7 Tricks to Sports and High-Speed Action Photography

Chris Corradino

Photographing subjects in action is one of the most challenging but rewarding aspects of photography. With little time to think, and no room for error, it’s easy to be overwhelmed with these types of high speed situations. There are seven tricks however, that everyone can use to improve their percentage of keepers right away.  

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