Slow Shutter Photography

How To

What Is It?

• Using slow shutter speed photography can be a totally different phenomenon if you get it right. You can use it to inspire others, or to capture light painting, or may be some smooth water effects, or it can be anything else.

Slow Shutter Speed

Long exposure times can create lighting that seems to take on an otherworldly almost physical form, or reveal mysterious effects of natural light that are invisible to the naked eye.

What You’ll Need

• An Expensive Camera• Preferably a tripod (Also expensive)• A Light Source• That’s it!

Setting Up Camp

Firstly, you have to set up your camera in a stable area where it can remain still, this is vital! If your camera can’t stay perfectly still, it will ruin the image. This is because of the slow shutter speed causing motion blur.

This is where a tripod comes

in handy!

Staying still = Solid Quality!

What to Set the Shutter Speed On

Shutter speeds between 10 seconds and 20 seconds I found to work great! With the aperture around the middle such as f/8 or so

Experiment!

Now that you know the basics, all that’s left to do is to get out there and shoot! That’s real easy to do nowadays, especially since we’re in the digital age.

Conclusion

In reality, slow shutter speed looks like a hard thing to do, but all you need is the equipment, and to know the basics of your shutter speed and aperture. So it’s fairly easy to do!

Good Luck!