All pictures copyright Paul Lack Motion and light Shutter Speed All pictures copyright Paul Lack

Objectives By the end of this session you will be able to: Recognize the effect of shutter speed on camera shake and motion blur Set shutter-priority on your camera and adjust shutter speed Pan your camera to capture motion Use Image Stabilization and camera supports to reduce camera shake

½ second

Shutter Speed How long the sensor is exposed to light Anything from half a minute to 1/4000th of a second

Finding it on your camera Speed should be displayed on screen (on ‘P’) Set the camera to ‘S’ or ‘T’ on command dial Use the 4-way selector and /or scroll wheel to adjust the shutter speed Camera will automatically adjust so that EV will remain the same Camera may remember setting after it’s turned off (this is settable too)

Welcome to the Hungarian Plains

1/30 second

1/350 second

1/250 second

1/30 second

1/15 second

1/125 second

1/10 second

Memory Jogger – look at the light in this pic 1/10 second

1/20 second

1/6 second

1/10 second

Workshop Practise adjusting shutter speed Explore how slow a shutter speed you can hold. (Enlarge review/playback image to check for camera shake) Experiment with propping camera Explore panning with moving people Experiment with ‘continuous shooting’ If time: Explore effect of different zoom settings on camera shake