Shutter Speeds Made Simple

 TUTORIAL

The shutter speed on a camera is very important on a camera.  The shutter speed is how long the camera keeps the mirror of the camera open.  Depending on what subject you are shooting, depends on how long your going to want to keep the shutter speed open for.

Lets start with some examples,
Your out at a football game and you want to stop the action so that it is in focus while everyone is running around.  It would be acceptable to put your shutter speed anywhere from 1/200th all the way up to 1/2000th of a second.
Here is a good example

This was taken at 1/500th of a second

Now on the other hand.  Lets say you want to slow stuff down so that its blurred.  You will want to get a tripod so the things not moving in your picture aren't blurry.  Anything from 1/40th to 30 seconds of a shutter speed will make the effect of long car lights and night time wonder worlds.
Example












Hope this helps out, if you have anymore questions please comment and I will get back to you on your problems.

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