In Focus: Know What Shutter Speed is and How is Used

November 26, 2017 admin Discussion 313

What is shutter speed? How shutter speed is used?
Shutter speed
Range

First, we define shutter. Shutter is a small “curtain” inside the camera which quickly flicks over the image sensor. It serves as a door allowing light to enter and exposing the imaging sensor. This will result to how bright or dark the image will be. The “actual time that the shutter is open” is the shutter speed.

Now, with the basic information about shutter speed, how to use it correctly could be easy. Exposing the image sensor with light is how basically the image is being recorded in the camera. This means that exposing it longer could give a brighter image. It also means that  shorter exposure period could give a darker image.

Seconds or fraction of a second is the unit of measure for shutter speed. In general, if the desired exposure is more than 30 seconds there is one or two other settings for long exposure namely Bulb and Time.

It is not only about the brightness or darkness of the image but also about how sharp the image is. This is very true that fast shutter is needed in taking photo of a moving object because the image could be blurry if not. It is important to bear in mind that fast shutter speed will give a sharper image but also a darker one, slow shutter speed will give a blurry and brighter image. Balance those indicators. Just carefully determine it with respect to the environment (light source, motion, effects, theme, etc.).

Shutter speed is part of the Exposure Triangle that can provide a better image once correctly set according to what the photographer wants.

Exposure Triangle
Exposure Triangle

We hope that this article provided you with handful of knowledge to help you in your photography. Just keep in mind always that you can experiment and try different techniques to gain more experience and gradually educate yourself. Do not hesitate to ask, read, and try to copy the good practices of other photographers. Keep shooting and share your learning to other budding photographers.

Exposure Triangle Cheat Sheet
Cheat Sheet for the Exposure Triangle

 

 

 

 

 

312 Comments

  133. Have you ever thought about publishing an e-book or guest authoring on other sites?
    I have a blog based on the same topics you discuss and would really
    like to have you share some stories/information. I know my visitors would value your work.

    If you are even remotely interested, feel free to shoot me an e mail.

    Reply

  137. I believe everything said was very reasonable.
    However, what about this? what if you added a little information? I am not saying your information is not good.,
    but suppose you added a title that grabbed people’s attention? I mean In Focus: Know What Shutter Speed is and How is Used – TYUDORIALS is
    a little vanilla. You ought to glance at Yahoo’s front page and
    see how they create post headlines to grab viewers to open the links.
    You might add a video or a picture or two to grab people excited about everything’ve got
    to say. Just my opinion, it might make your posts a little bit more interesting.

    Reply

  158. hello there and thank you for your information – I have certainly picked up anything new from right here.
    I did however expertise a few technical issues using this web site, as I
    experienced to reload the web site many times previous to I could get it to
    load properly. I had been wondering if your
    web hosting is OK? Not that I am complaining, but sluggish loading instances times will very frequently affect your placement in google and could damage your high-quality score if ads and marketing
    with Adwords. Well I’m adding this RSS to my e-mail and can look out for much more of
    your respective interesting content. Make sure you update this again soon.

    Reply

  160. My programmer is trying to persuade me to move to .net from PHP.
    I have always disliked the idea because of the expenses.
    But he’s tryiong none the less. I’ve been using WordPress on a number of websites for about a year and am anxious about switching to
    another platform. I have heard excellent things about blogengine.net.

    Is there a way I can transfer all my wordpress content into it?

    Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated!

    Reply

  166. I blog frequently and I really thank you for your information. Your article has truly peaked my interest.

    I am going to bookmark your blog and keep checking for new information about once
    a week. I subscribed to your RSS feed as well.

    Reply

  167. Undeniably believe that which you stated.

    Your favorite reason appeared to be on the net the easiest thing to be aware of.
    I say to you, I definitely get annoyed while people consider
    worries that they just don’t know about. You managed to hit the
    nail upon the top as well as defined out the whole thing
    without having side effect , people could take a signal.
    Will probably be back to get more. Thanks

    Reply

  168. Hello there, There’s no doubt that your web site could possibly
    be having browser compatibility issues. Whenever I look at your blog in Safari, it looks fine however, when opening in Internet Explorer, it’s got some overlapping
    issues. I merely wanted to provide you with a quick heads
    up! Apart from that, great blog!

    Reply

  171. First of all I would like to say great blog! I had a
    quick question in which I’d like to ask if you do not mind.
    I was interested to find out how you center yourself and clear your thoughts before writing.
    I have had trouble clearing my mind in getting my ideas out there.

    I do take pleasure in writing however it just seems like the first
    10 to 15 minutes are usually wasted simply just trying to figure out
    how to begin. Any ideas or tips? Many thanks!

    Reply

  173. Its like you read my mind! You seem to know a lot approximately this, like you wrote the book in it or
    something. I feel that you can do with some % to drive the message home a little bit, but instead of that, that is wonderful blog.
    A fantastic read. I’ll certainly be back.

    Reply

  181. wonderful post, very informative. I ponder why the other specialists of this sector do not understand this.
    You must continue your writing. I’m confident, you have a huge readers’ base already!

    Reply

  297. Oh my goodness! Incredible article dude! Thank you, However I am going through troubles with your RSS. I donít
    understand why I am unable to join it. Is there anybody else getting identical RSS problems?
    “성인망가” Anyone who knows the answer will you kindly respond? Thanx!!

    Reply

1 Trackback / Pingback

  1. 1turbulence

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*