lens/shutter from a telephone traffic camera once used to record trunk registers
Toronto. Those of us who once prided ourselves for shooting that special film moment know all about sub-second time; time measured by a shutter that allows light from the subject to reach the film for the prescribed fraction of a second.
Today, with cameras that literally do auto-everything, most would be photographers are not aware of shutter speed, or even care as long as the image of the scene ‘looks’ okay. But what if the scene doesn’t ‘look’ okay?
The more sophisticated (or deeper pocketed) of us use a standalone camera with a setting for shutter priority and a means to set the shutter speed. Oh yes, and the knowledge of how to use the setting.
For everyone else, photographer Brian Matiash of Florida has a great explanation in his third ‘Lightroom Everywhere Newsletter‘ issue under the title of, “Important Shutter Speeds for Photographers“.
Have a read and learn about this feature of photo control. Brian’s words can both instruct and refresh. Looking at his photos may help you get a better shot, more in keeping with how you pictured the result would be.
