Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Calendar of Events

This is going to be my schedule for when to learn different things.

Week of March 21st, 2010
Shutter Speed
ISO Speed
Aperture
Preset Camera Modes


Week of March 28th, 2010
Rule of 3rds/Rule of Composition
Depth of Field
Centering your subject
Horizontal/Vertical
Zone Focusing
Framing the subject

Week of April 4th, 2010
Lighting
Understanding Exposure/Exposure Composition
Flash Exposure Composition
Reflectors/Flash Guns
Fill Flash


Week of April11th,2010
Metering
Color in Photography
Lenses
Filters
Gadgets

Week of April 18th, 2010
Starting on editing and secrets of the trade :)
I will make a more detailed list when we get to this

Shutter Speed

So tonight I will be diving into the exciting concept of Shutter Speed. Here goes nothing.


What is Shutter Speed?
-Shutter Speed is one of the most important things on the camera.
-Shutter speed is the amount of time the digital film sensor is exposed to light. Furthermore shutter speed determines the image being captured..

Measuring Shutter Speed.
-Shutter Speed is measured in fractions of a second. A speed of 5000 means the shutter will be open for 1/5000th of a second.
A:)Slow Shutter Speed:slow than 1/60th of a second.
B:)Fast Shutter Speed: 1/500th of a second used to stop FAST subjects like a rabbit.

Food for Thought: To get a good idea of what your lens can do with being hand held is the following. A lens that is 300mm for example can be handheld up to 1/300th of a second. Anything lower would require a tripod.
-Minimum hand held speed shouldn't be less than 1/60th of a second

Examples of different shutter speeds:
Football: 1/400
Soccer/Baseball:1/350
People Jumping:1/250
Water Splashing:1/350
Kids Running:1/350
Golf Ball:1/3200

http://http//www.ephotozine.com/article/Camera-Shutter-Speeds-explained-4794- This website has a great deal of images and examples of what shutter speed is used for a variety of things. Check it out.


When messing with Shutter Speed you will need to also alter your aperture, but that is tomorrows topic. Aperture.

Wow I've already learned something with my first investigation and I'm only in the "Basic" stuff!

(About.com was used as a source for majority of this blog)
Well this is it. I'm prepared to embark on an extensive journey through the river rapids of photography. I thought I would start from scratch and share everything I can with you fine people of the Internet.