Understanding Shutter Speed

What is Shutter Speed? 

Well, shutter speed is the amount of time that the shutter stays open. Within shutter speed there is film and digital. The difference between those two things are that film is the length of time paper was exposed to light, and digital is the length of time an image sensor is exposed to light.  For you to understand shutter speed at its best, then you have to know that it is measured in seconds. The slower the shutter speed is, the slower it takes for you to snap a picture. If it was to be 30", then it will take 30 seconds for the picture to take. When it has a slower speed, it puts in more light and blurs movement. Blur movement is not always bad! Sometimes bluring the entire photo, instead of just a subject makes the photo more interesting. Now if you were using the other end of the shutter speed line, it would be faster and show less light, making the movement freeze. One very important fact about shutter speed is that if it is higher than 1/60, you need to make sure your camera is stabilized. Either on a tripod or a on a chair, or any flat surface that won't move on you. Underneath is an example of how the shutter speed is split up and the choices you can choose. 

With shutter speed, you have to change your aperture or f-stops, for you can make sure your light meeter is at zero. Which is keen, because if your light meeter isn't at zero then it might be too bright or not bright enough. 

  

This is the picture with a high shutter speed, letting the movement freeze.

  

      This is the picture with a low shutter speed, and makes the movement blur.

Understanding Aperture

You don't know what aperture is? Here, let me explain it to you. 

Aperture is the amount of light that you let into a shot. This is very important for taking a picture because light is the key factor of photography. An example of aperture would be the human eye, (Yes, the human eye). To understand the example of the human eye, you can get a friend to look at you eyes when the lights are on. Then turn the lights off and see how the pupil of your friends eye changes. The pupil got larger in the dark, did it not? It gets bigger because your eye is adjusting to the light. This is the same way aperture works, you have to adjust the aperture (f-stop) to the amount of light you would like in the picture. When you have a high f-stop, you are letting less light in, so your picture will be clear throughout. If you have a low f-stop, you are letting in more light, which makes your photo have a focus. And this focus can be on the background or can be on the subject. 

This is an example on the different types of f-stops and how much light is each lets in. 

Now when changing the f-stops, you must make sure that your shutter speed corresponds with the f-stops. The shutter speed must be at zero, on your light meter. When you get your s-stop, and shutter speed correct, you can then take your photo. 

This is a picture with a low f-stop, 

  

This is a picture with a high f-stop 

Photographic Themes

My thoughts on the shooting assignment was that it was different from other projects. It was fun, but challenging. Certain words were very difficult for me because I didn't know how to protray them in a photo. For example, pride, compassion and wisdom. Those were my top three hard ones. Another thing that was annoying me was that about two of my photos couldn't be cropped 2 by 2 for you couldn't tell what my picture was trying to show. I think the end result of the project turned out well. I was able to finish the project with only a couple mishaps in my way. I love editing photos, so I thought that was exciting, but I wasn't a huge fan of the cropping. Some of my favorite photos are, the one I used for power which was a close up of a light and it doesn't have a big meaning, but I just think it looks cool. Then the picture of my grandparents is very important to me because they mean so much to me. I used that picture for love because I love them and because they have been married for 50 years, and I believe, are the prime example for the word love. My last photo is for happiness because it is a picture of my sister and as cheesy as it sounds, but when my sister is happy it makes me happy. And the reason there is a crown above her head is because we are die-heart disney princess fans. About every month we will have a disney princess marathon and Erica, my sister, always wished she was princess for she could eat exotic food and wear pretty dresses. Happiness for me is spending time with sister and doing fun things with her.

Themed Shooting Assignment

Theme	Subject	Reason
1.     Anger		This is my picture for anger because ranting helps me let out all of my anger. I write it down in a book and then I'm all better.
2.     Power		I believe that this shows power because power can be authority, but it can also be electricity. That's why I took a picture of a light.
3.     Ugly		There was this little fuzzy catapillar and i thought it was gross and very ugly, like any bug.
4.     Calm		I think this shows calm because by the creek no one is yelling or screaming. Everyone talks quiet because they think they'll interrupt the nature.
5.     Compassion		I took this picture of my dad's scrubs because at a hospital the nurses and doctors and pharmacists and everyone else is so caring and takes time for each patient.
6.     Authority		Authority is normally associated with people who have power, but I thought that fire showed authority because it has power and only one think can stop it, water.
7.     Pride		This is pride because having a flag out for a team shows pride.
8.     Mysterious		I say this is mysterious because you don't know what is behind the window and you'll never figure out what will be unless you take the risk to be mysterious and look inside.
9.     Wisdom		When the word wisdom comes to mind, I think of old and instead of taking a picture of an older person, I thought I should take a picture of a tree because what is older than a tree?
10.  Love		I took a picture of my grandparents holding an old picture from there wedding album of the car that says 'just married'. And they have been married for 50 years now, andI'd say that is love.
11.  Lazy		I say this is lazy because a lazy outfit for me is a pair of leggings, a sweatshirt and a pair of vans.
12.  Temptation		I took a picture of cupcakes because the word temptation means tempting and its always tempting to eat a cupcake, or two.
13.  Happiness		This is happiness because my sister is my favorite person and she makes me happy. And she's always happy when she's a princess.
14.  Growth		This is growth because the flowers are growing up between a machine and a bunch of weeds.
15.  Memories		This is for memories because these are pictures of all the memories I've made and a picture can explain a whole memory.
16.  Sounds		I said this is sounds because it's music and 'who's last' is a question that people always here.
17.  Diversity		I did this for diversity because its a man and girl. Its older and younger. Then a dad and daughter and I believe that those are diverse.
18.  Dangerous		I think this picture is dangerous because you'll never know where the road will take you, or where life will and they always say life is an open road.
19.  Hope		This is a picture of the word hope because for dances people always hope there crush asks them, or if anyone asks them, in general. And the sadie hawkins dance is a big thing because it's the girls who ask and the boys who hoped to be asked.
20.  Truth		I did someone telling a secret because when I think of the truth, I always think of lies and sometimes a secret is a rumor.
21.  Patriotic		I took a picture of the american flag because when I hear the word patriotic i think of America and the flag.
22.  Sad		I think this is sad because once a flower is picked, it won't grow any more and death is a sad thing.
23.  Terrifying		This is a bag that I got from a vacation and I thought it describes terrifying because the world is a terrifying place for anyone.
24.  Abandoned		This is my picture for abandoned because when the word abandoned comes into my mind, I think of an abandoned haunted house. I couldn't find a haunted house, but I did find a house, which is abandoned.
25.  Courage		I believe this shows courage because joining any branch of military is showing real courage. If going out of your way to fight for people who you don't even know isn't courage, then I don't know what is.

About me

Portrait Session with Steve

Steve Davis Legore has been spotted!

We’ve all heard about Legore’s bad behavior during the past five months, but it seems that the guy has got his act together. It’s been rumored that he was leaving his two million dollar home, in the sunny state of California, and today we found out that the rumor is true. Legore is now moving to the snowy state of Colorado, to work in marketing. Which is apparently what he went to school for, before he became famous. Who would of guessed that? Not us of course. We caught up with the spontaneous fellow today and he told us all about how he is turning his life around. “Going to Colorado isn’t me running away from my troubles. Instead it’s me, running to a new beginning”, is what he told us. Apparently Legore has family out there and the famous man says he misses them dearly and that’s another reason why he’s moving. Plus he really wants to eat at the Cherry Cricket, which is the restaurant he wouldn’t mind eating at for the rest of his life. Lenore isn’t able to get away from everything with moving from his beachside home. He tells us, “I’ll still be afraid of being alone in the ocean and I’m still going to wish that reality TV shows would take a break”. Which is ironic since he’s guest starred on about four different shows since he’s become famous. When we asked him what he’s been up to besides getting ready to move, he answered, “I’ve been doing what every person does, play on my phone, watch TV and play a little football and rugby too”. He makes it sound like famous people are just like us. If only he knew we think of all famous people like gods and goddesses. The one question it seemed the whole world wants an answer to was what he wanted to do before he left, and it was surprising, “One thing I wouldn’t mind doing before I leave would be to become a shape shifter”, he jokes, “If someone could just teach me before I leave that would be awesome, but no, I would really like to learn to stop overthinking things”, He admits while playing with his hands, an attribute he does whenever he’s nervous.  The rest of the interview consisted of jokes and cheesy laughs. Hollywood will surely miss him. Just look at that cheesy grin!

Until next time,

XOXO