Posts tagged ‘shutter speed’

Photography 101

The Big Three Basics

Recently we've explained some basic equipment terms so today I thought I'd continue with the beginner's guides and introduce a few basic technical terms, starting with the Big Three: Shutter Speed. Put in 4-year-old language this is the amount of time the shutter on your camera stays open. It is therefore [...]

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Reader Photos

Reader photo: Missing the Bus

Missing the Bus
Missing the Bus, originally uploaded by Scott Coulter.

This image from Scott Coulter was made with an interesting self-imposed constraint: take a photo with a shutter speed of exactly one second. Nice result!

Photos posted in this category are selected from the contributions of members of the Photodoto discussion group at Flickr.com.

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Photography 101

Understanding exposure: shutter speed, aperture, and ISO

When your camera is set on automatic, making a photograph is as simple as pressing the shutter release button. Somehow, the camera magically records just the right amount of light to render an image of the scene before it. But what is really going on? How does the camera know [...]

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