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
indicator of the
duration / timing at
which the shutter
curtain opens up
and closes during
an exposure
process

1/8000,
1/4000,
1/1000,
1/500,
1/250,
1/125,
1/60,
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?

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
f-stop
(f4.5)

Overexposed a slow shutter

speed and small f-stop will
both let in more light

Correct a fast shutter

speed lets in less light, but a
small f-stop lets in more

Large
f-stop
(f22)

Correct a slow shutter

speed lets in more light, but a
large f-stop lets in less

Underexposed a fast
shutter speed and large fstop both let in less light