Exploring Motion with Shutter speed

The setting on the camera which controls how motion is captured is shutter speed.

The longest the Nikon D3300’s shutter stays open is 300 sec.

The shortest duration the Nikon D3300’s shutter stays open is 30 sec.

When we used a higher shutter speed, we had to use a tripod because no one can possibly hold a camera steady for that length of time without moving the camera.

Slow shutter speed

In the situation where we intentionally wanted to use a slow shutter speed, we had to use an ISO of 100 and the smallest aperture of f22 and even higher. This forced the camera to allow a shutter speed of at least 1 second. The longer shutter speed allowed us to convey G_ OST images which was an interesting effect especially when combined with a person who is standing very still in the picture. My favorite picture from that situation is …(Insert the picture) Include the exposure information with the picture example ISO 100 f22 2 seconds. If we want to get in the picture as well, we can set the camera to a delay by using the slow shutter speed.

slow shutter speed on bike.

Movement of the camera isn’t always a bad thing like the example of panning. In the picture where we photographed someone riding a bicycle to convey motion, we used a shutter speed of 100 and an aperture of 22 and the ISO was 100. My favorite picture from this assignment is shown (on the left or right) (Insert your picture in the blog post)

water ballon captured in high shutter speed

On the other extreme end of shortest duration that the camera shutter stays open, we used to high shutter speeds or fractions of a second. In the water balloon bursting picture, we used ISO 100 aperture of F22 and shutter speed of 200

To capture splashing water, we also used high shutter speeds. Here are my favorite pictures of high shutter speeds. (Insert your own pictures in the blog post)

Other photo of ballon falling / slow shutter speed