My OperaArticles on photography: Speed
By Shoot & Tellshoottell. Thursday, February 16, 2012 5:18:17 AM
From our vaults we give you something for the road. This old tech article may help you when shooting pictures for currently on going Traffic theme. Some of you may have read this already, but again we publish this on blog to make it available also for non-members. Basically photography is about stopping the moment. However, that moment can be used creatively to create illusions of movement, space and change.
Speed
Originally posted 24. September 2010 for Speed theme by Orlando
The first official S&T Theme was Speed. Shutter Speed! We hope that the few tips below will help to understand shutter speed and its effects.
1 - Use your Camera Modes
Most of the cameras today have several Exposure Modes to take photos, not only Auto Mode. See if your camera has a S (Shutter Priority) or a TV (Time Value Priority) Modes. These Exposure Modes will let you set shutter speed, and your camera will set the Aperture automatically, so you can get a well exposed photo.
2 - No S/TV Modes? Use Scene Modes!
Many cameras only have Auto Mode and Scene Mode. Although being a bit more harder to get things right, using Scene Modes can help you to achieve higher or lower shutter speeds. How?
Action/Sports/Kids Modes: these 3 modes will set a higher shutter speed, that will allow you to freeze moving objects or actions taking place;
Landscape/Night Modes: these modes will set a lower shutter speed, so you can get light trails, moving blurs or plain fuzzy mess!
3 - Remember Camera Shake
You can hand hold your camera without camera shake only to a certain point. This means when shutter speed is low and you're hand holding your camera, you might get messy, fuzzy, blurred photos, due to camera shake. Use a tripod! The anti-shake system will only make possible to get a decent shot with a little lower shutter speed, but it doesn't operate miracles!
4 - DOF: Depth Of Field
While using the camera in the mencioned Exposure Modes, each time you set the shutter speed the camera will automatically set the Aperture, allowing you to take a well exposed photo in 90% of the cases. If you set a high shutter speed (e.g. 1/2000), this means that light will have less time to reach the sensor. The camera will set a wider Aperture (e.g. f/3.5), that makes possible more light to get to the sensor in less time. On the opposit, if you set a lower shutter speed (e.g. 1/60) the camera will set a smaller Aperture (e.g. f/22): less light in more time. In the end, the amount of light reaching the sensor will be the same.
When you have a wider aperture (e.g. f/3.5), DOF - Depth Of Field (let's simplify and call it the area in focus) - will be shallow. You have to focus carefully!!! On the other hand, a smaller Aperture (e.g. f/22) will get you a wider DOF, so more area will be in focus. But you'll have lower shutter speed, so beware of Camera Shake, ok ?
SpeedOriginally posted 24. September 2010 for Speed theme by Orlando
The first official S&T Theme was Speed. Shutter Speed! We hope that the few tips below will help to understand shutter speed and its effects.1 - Use your Camera Modes
Most of the cameras today have several Exposure Modes to take photos, not only Auto Mode. See if your camera has a S (Shutter Priority) or a TV (Time Value Priority) Modes. These Exposure Modes will let you set shutter speed, and your camera will set the Aperture automatically, so you can get a well exposed photo.
2 - No S/TV Modes? Use Scene Modes!
Many cameras only have Auto Mode and Scene Mode. Although being a bit more harder to get things right, using Scene Modes can help you to achieve higher or lower shutter speeds. How?
Action/Sports/Kids Modes: these 3 modes will set a higher shutter speed, that will allow you to freeze moving objects or actions taking place;
Landscape/Night Modes: these modes will set a lower shutter speed, so you can get light trails, moving blurs or plain fuzzy mess!
3 - Remember Camera Shake
You can hand hold your camera without camera shake only to a certain point. This means when shutter speed is low and you're hand holding your camera, you might get messy, fuzzy, blurred photos, due to camera shake. Use a tripod! The anti-shake system will only make possible to get a decent shot with a little lower shutter speed, but it doesn't operate miracles!
4 - DOF: Depth Of Field
While using the camera in the mencioned Exposure Modes, each time you set the shutter speed the camera will automatically set the Aperture, allowing you to take a well exposed photo in 90% of the cases. If you set a high shutter speed (e.g. 1/2000), this means that light will have less time to reach the sensor. The camera will set a wider Aperture (e.g. f/3.5), that makes possible more light to get to the sensor in less time. On the opposit, if you set a lower shutter speed (e.g. 1/60) the camera will set a smaller Aperture (e.g. f/22): less light in more time. In the end, the amount of light reaching the sensor will be the same.
When you have a wider aperture (e.g. f/3.5), DOF - Depth Of Field (let's simplify and call it the area in focus) - will be shallow. You have to focus carefully!!! On the other hand, a smaller Aperture (e.g. f/22) will get you a wider DOF, so more area will be in focus. But you'll have lower shutter speed, so beware of Camera Shake, ok ?
mysanjoy( morfious)mysanjoy # Thursday, February 16, 2012 6:03:05 AM
Vijay kumarvijay1710 # Thursday, February 16, 2012 6:32:11 AM
Sami Serolaserola # Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:41:24 AM
And yet another trick you can do with mobile phone cameras only is to twist the camera and shoot in very bright daylight when shutter speed is short. Then you get twisted pictures like the one on Orlando's article. More about this here: http://my.opera.com/serola/blog/2010/04/22/twist-and-shake-your-phone
nimu_channimuchan # Thursday, February 16, 2012 1:25:55 PM
Elina Zaproudielzaserr # Friday, February 17, 2012 4:42:01 PM
@Orlando, you are a grest
Vijay kumarvijay1710 # Friday, February 17, 2012 6:48:12 PM