Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Caristy's Challenge Pictures ~ Shutter Speed


Picture # 1 - F/36, 1/40 Shutter Speed, 115 mm (ISO 400)


Picture # 2 - F/36, 1/8 Shutter Speed, 115 mm (ISO 400)


Picture # 3 - F/32, 1/3 Shutter Speed, 78 mm (ISO 400)


Picture # 4 - F/32, 1/2 Shutter Speed, 78 mm (ISO 400)


Picture # 5 - F/18, 1/10 Shutter Speed, 78 mm (ISO 400)


~* Caristy *~

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Shutter Speed Challenge

You can get a neat blurred effect when taking pics of fast moving objects with a slow ss. An example would be running water, smoke, people on bikes, cars, etc. You can do this with a p&s too! Here's my rundown of what to do with a DSLR:

-Your subject(s) should be in medium to low light because with your shutter open you will be at risk to overexpose the picture easily. A creek in the shade, fire at night, or a glow stick at dusk are all good possibilities.

-Either go into your shutter mode (TV for cannon, not sure for other brands) or full manual. I would suggest using a ss somewhere in the range of 1/15-1/4 but messing with all different speeds is always fun. If the picture is too blurred, go faster, if it is in focus more than you would like, go slower. -If you're in full manual you'll probably have to adjust your aperture (maybe f/8 or so).

-A tripod can be helpful if you only want certain parts of the picture blurred. You can go even more artsy by actually moving the camera while the shutter is open to blur the entire photograph.

Alright, now if you have a P&S you can still do this! What you will have to do is to take your picture in low light when your camera automatically slows down its shutter speed. Then your subject will have to have some sort of light to it. Fire, glow stick, car headlights, etc. You can't adjust the ss but you can try different subjects and angles, and such. I have seen some great p&s pics like this!

All Right Now.....I'm off to try and I'm hoping that you all will too!! I give you until next Wednesday to post them up!

Love ya ~

Caristy

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Halloween Picture Post

Here are my pictures for Halloween! I love the first picture because it's all wavy and so neat! :-)

~ Love, Caristy ~