Week 5 – Shutterspeed

The technique of the shutter speed is a key aspect of photography which controls the speed and background of your images. Slow shutter speeds create a motion blur along with some light trails dependant on the scenery. However, a fast shutter speed enables a crisp standstill of action which is ideal for action shots in sports. Photographers use these two different skills to their artistic advantage to create a great image post production.

This is with a shutter speed of 2000/4000. This shutter speed has allowed me to capture the moment of Arthur in the air. Changing the shutter speed is a great skill to learn within the industry as it controls how the motion of Arthur is captured.

For this picture, I turned the shutter speed setting down to 400. This is clearly shown through the blur with the ambulance and Nico’s face. It has created a slight motion blur, unlike Arthur’s sharp frame. I have not moved the camera, however if I had, it could create be trailing effect.

This standstill has the highest point shutter-speed on my Sonya6400 (4000/4000). Having a shutter speed this high has allowed me to capture Ted blowing snot from his nose – this would be impossible to capture with the lower grade. A crisp image has been taken with no motion blue and movement from his hair etc. This technique would be key for covering sports like boxing and football ensuring that no part of the athlete appears streaked or blurred.