Shutter Speed

The 3 camera settings that comprise the Exposure Triangle are Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO. On the back monitor of our Canon DSLR cameras, the aperture setting is displayed with “F” followed by a number.  Apertures are typically numbers f/32, f/22, f/16, f/11, f/8, f/5.6, f/4, f/2.8, f/2, f/1.4. The shutter speed settings are shown on the top right of the back monitor. Expressed as fractions of a second, the shortest shutter speed is 1/4000th seconds while the longest is 1/30 seconds. The third setting ISO controls the camera’s sensitivity to light. This setting goes from 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, and 6400 on our cameras. To center the meter, we can either change the Aperture, Shutter Speed, or the ISO

In the first picture that I took of the water balloon popping, I utilized the correct settings as you can see. Those correct settings that I did use consisted of my ISO being at 1600, 55mm Focal Length, an Aperture of f/5.6, and a fast shutter speed at 1/4000 second.

In the second picture that I took of the water balloon popping, I utilized the correct settings as you can see. Those correct settings that I did use consisted of my ISO being at 1600, 55mm Focal Length, an Aperture of f/5.6, and a not as fast shutter speed at 1/1000 second.

In the third picture that I took that uses the ghostly effect, I utilized the correct settings as you can see. Those correct settings that I did use consisted of my ISO being at 400, 37mm Focal Length, an Aperture of f/10, and a super slow shutter speed at 2.0 whole seconds. This slow shutter speed was used to give it that ghostly shadow that followed my classmate.

In the fourth picture that I took that uses the elephant in motion, I utilized the correct settings as you can see. Those correct settings that I did use consisted of my ISO being at 400, 18mm Focal Length, an Aperture of f/3.5, and a slow shutter speed at 1/40 second. These settings were the settings I had to use to have a clear focus on the elephant but still have a blurry background.