Getting the Right Shutter Speed, IPC Student Launches Web Site!
"I’d much rather see a photograph with feeling, whether it exhibits technical ability or not."
- Howard Petrella
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Last Call for February Photography Classes
Learn to take your camera past "Automatic" mode!
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Social Shoot
Monday’s get-together was a lot of fun. Look for details of the next one soon.
Angie Deadline Launches Website
Past IPC student launches photography website.
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Featured Class: Experience Booster
Looking for an excuse to get out and shoot? If you’ve conquered the Fundamentals of Photography and are craving the opportunity to put your learned skills to work, this class is for you!
Join other IPC students as you gain hands-on experience in 4 different photography genres over the 4 weeks.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Shutter Speed
Shutter speed controls motion. You can show motion of moving subjects in two different ways:
- To show motion as a blur, select a slow shutter speed
- To show motion stopped, or frozen in time, select a fast shutter speed
There isn’t a "correct" answer as far as how to show motion; this is part of the creative side of photography. The photo is correct if motion in the photo is shown the way you, as the photographer, wanted it (or envisioned it), shown.
Assignment:
- Select a moving subject such as water flowing in a stream.
- Set your camera’s shutter speed to a slow setting, such as 1/30 sec. Take a picture.
- Now set the shutter speed to a fast shutter speed, such as 1/250 sec and take a picture of the same subject.
- Now compare how motion is depicted differently in the two pictures.
Written by Ron Kness
Next Week: Natural Light
