Exploring Motion With Shutter Speed

The setting on the camera which controls how motion is captured is shutter speed.

The longest the Nikon D3300’s shutter stays open is 30 seconds .

Girl on phone while people walk behind her

The shortest duration the Nikon D3300’s shutter stays open is 1/4000 seconds .

When we used a slow shutter speed, we had to use a tripod because no one can possibly hold a camera steady for that length of time without moving the camera.

Mr. Phun riding his bike at school while we take pictures

In the situation where we intentionally wanted to use a slow shutter speed, we had to use an ISO of 100 and the smallest aperture of f22 and even higher. This forced the camera to allow a shutter speed of at least 1 second. The longer shutter speed allowed us to convey G_ OST images which was an interesting effect especially when combined with a person who is standing very still in the picture. My favorite picture from that situation is …

Hector standing while people walked around him

(Insert the picture) Include the exposure information with the picture example ISO 100 f22 2 seconds. If we want to get in the picture as well, we can set the camera to a delay by using the timer.

Movement of the camera isn’t always a bad thing like the example of panning. In the picture where we photographed someone riding a bicycle to convey motion, we used a shutter speed of 1/50 and an aperture of f/11 and the ISO was 100.

Using a pin to burst a water balloon

On the other extreme end of shortest duration that the camera shutter stays open, we used high shutter speeds or fractions of a second. In the water balloon bursting picture, we used ISO 100 aperture of F 5.6 and shutter speed of 1/4000

Fruits and veggies being dropped into a tank full of water

To capture splashing water, we also used high shutter speeds.