For week 5, our lecture was based around shutter speeds. We were made aware of the different ways that the shutter speed can affect your images and capture moments. As my topic will be around sports, I will need my shutter speed to be high as it can be essential for freezing action or conveying motion. A fast shutter speed, can freeze even the quickest movements, like a sprinter’s stride or a goalkeeper’s dive, showcasing the athlete’s power and agility in sharp detail.
However, using a slow shutter speed can create a creative spark within your photo. This means you can have a blurred background from a certain movement of the athlete conveying the imagery of speed or powerful movement. The changing of the shutter speed can really elevate the image and is a tool that the best photographers master.
By adjusting shutter speed, photographers can capture both precise moments and the intensity of motion, offering greater artistic expression and storytelling.
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