Exploring Motion with Shutter Speeds

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

The longest the Nikon D3300’s shutter stays open is 30 seconds.

The shortest duration the Nikon D3300’s shutter stays open is less than quarter of a second.

When we used a Low 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.

In the situation where we intentionally wanted to use a slow shutter speed, we had to

Hector Carrera captured Mr. P riding his bicycle

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.

Hector Carrera captured a student laying down while other students walk around her

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 camera count down timer.

Hector Carrera captured classmate Cindy R standing while others walk around

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 1/80 and an aperture of f/11 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)

On the other extreme end of shortest duration that the camera shutter stays open, we used high shutter speeds or fractions of a second. In the water balloon bursting picture, we used ISO 100 aperture of F/5 and shutter speed of 1/4000

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)