What is Shutter Speed?

Shutter speed is about motion and is measured in sec 1/50th of a sec or 1/160th of a sec. Shutter speed will be the first number you see when your camera is turned on. This will tell you how long your shutter will stay open or how fast it will shut. The slower your shutter speed the lower the numbers the blurrier your image will be if there is motion and the lighter it will be. The faster your shutter speed the higher the number will stop motion and the darker your image will be.  Examples below:


 This image show you how shutter speed works

This image show you how dark and light the image will be with the different shutter speeds.

Troubles with using your speed light (off camera flash)?

Who has troubles using their speed light (also known as off camera flash)? I did for the longest time until I learned what settings I had to use in order for it to work right. Yep, you have to at least have your shutter speed at 1/125 of a sec and no faster then 1/250 of a sec.  The slower your shutter speed is the more lines you will have in your image. The faster your shutter speed is, it will make your image come out with half of it black, mostly on the bottom half. Why you ask? Because when you have your shutter speed set faster then 1/250 of a sec it is only capturing half of the light  that the speed light is shooting off. Meaning that your shutter is taking a photo faster then the light. The light can not travel as fast as your camera is shooting. Don't believe me, no worries I didn't believe the person who told me till I tried it out. So set your shutter speed round 1/500 a sec and take a photo then take one at 1/60 of sec. What did you get? You can post your results in the comment area down below this post. I alway leave my shutter speed at 1/125 of a sec when using my speed light and for the other 2 setting (F-stop, ISO) I can do what I want with them to make my image look good.

Here is what it will look like at the different shutter speeds. I thought I needed to add images so you can see what the speed light will do at the different speeds. (Images are unedited)

                                                                          1/125 of a sec

                                                     
                                                                          1/500 of a sec

                                             

1/1000 of a sec

About Me: Catrina Gray

So I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Catrina Gray and I am a photographer in Kearney Ne. I have been a photographer for over 7 years now and I have an Associate degree in Media Art with a emphasis of photography and will be graduating this July 2016 with my Bachelor's in Fine Arts with a emphasis of photography. I will be pursing my Master in the fall of 2016.

Not only am I photographer I also have been teaching photography at Central Community College (CCC) in Grand Island, Ne for three years now. The reason for my blog is to help other photographers like yourself that are searching for answer to question that you may not be able to find elsewhere or to reconfirm what you might already know.

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Understanding the sun outdoors while taking photos.

Understanding the light (sun) outdoors is so important and this is why?  Shooting at the right time of day will make a huge difference in your images. The best time to shoot outside is an hour before sunset. The lighting is so amazing at that time that you will never shoot at any other time of day else you really really have to. Shooting outside in a field at 10am, 2pm, 5pm is not the best time to shoot due to how hot the sun is at that time. Hot sun meaning you will have sunspots, hard light on one side or the other and shadows every which way you turn. It will not produce the greatest images unless it is cloudy.  There will be insane hyper color grass, the sides of your face will be white, the shadows under your eyes will make you look like you have raccoons eyes. Doesn’t that sound awesome NOT!! Don't waste your time with shooting during the daytime. its not worth your time nor your clients money.

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