Shutter Speed and Blurred Photos - Lesson 28 Phone to Camera Course
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In lesson 12 you learned that using a slow shutter speed can result in blurred photos for two reasons. If your camera moves as you’re taking a photo and your shutter is slow, the whole image will appear blurry. If your subject is moving too fast in relation to your shutter speed, the subject will blur, (and you may also get blur from camera shake.
Creative use of slow shutter speeds can produce some fun results. Using slow shutter speeds it is possible to make photos that we can never see naturally. Think of images of racing cars or motorcycles, silky looking waterfalls, or any fast moving objects that appear blurred. This effect is created because the photographer has chosen a slow shutter speed.
A moving subject might blur because of the relationship between how fast it’s moving and the shutter speed. The faster your subject is moving, the faster your shutter speed needs to be to avoid motion blur. When you want a moving subject to blur, you must choose an appropriate shutter speed in relation to how fast the subject is moving and how blurred you want it to look in your photo.
If you are photographing a moving subject and see that it’s blurred, you need to choose a faster shutter speed if you want it to appear sharp.
By controlling the shutter speed in relation to how fast a subject is moving, you can control the amount of blur. For example, a person walking will appear a little blurry at 1/30th of a second. They’ll appear more blurred if you use 1/8th of a second. If you use a slow enough shutter speed they might not be recognizable in your photo.
Learning to balance the speed your subject is moving with the shutter speed is part of the creative fun you can have with your camera.
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Making the switch from taking photos with your phone to using a camera requires some changes. Phone cameras make it easy to take snapshot images. To use a camera well, you need to control it and understand how to take great photos. Using a camera is so much more fun and the quality of your photos will improve dramatically ... once you know what you're doing.
This course contains 30 lessons and practical exercises designed to get you started using your camera. I focus on the differences you can expect between using your phone and your camera to take photos. No matter what camera you use, taking photos happens the same way. Light enters the camera (or phone camera) through a lens. The right amount of light must enter to record a well-exposed photograph with the camera's sensor. With your phone, this process is fully automated and generally produces bland, uncreative results.
Using your camera you can control the light, timing, focus, composition, and more. With this course, I'll teach you all about how to enjoy doing this. I've been taking photos since I was a teenager, most of my working career I've been a professional photographer. I also have many years of experience teaching new and experienced photographers about their cameras and the craft of photography. You'll see how I work when I'm demonstrating the practical exercises that accompany every lesson.
Each exercise has a .pdf document to help guide you through what to do to complete it. I designed this course so you can complete it easily in one month and change your photography experience in just a short amount of time. Each lesson is short and concentrates on a single topic. There's a clearly explained practical exercise with each lesson. Take as long or as little time as you like to complete the exercise and you're sure to experience growth and development in your photography. You'll see the results in the photos you're taking. You'll easily retain what you learn and put it into practice every time you use your camera.