N-Photo

Camera settings

Head outside to learn more about using shutter

speed, aperture and ISO to improve your shots

What you’ll learn

How the shutter

speed that you use

affects how you

capture movement in

your images, enabling

you to freeze or blur

motion for creative

effects.

What you’ll need

A continuously

moving subject,

such as flowing water

(ideally a waterfall),

and a tripod to keep

your camera steady.

It’s best to try this

project late in the

day, and in overcast

conditions if possible,

to allow you to use

slow shutter speeds.

3 | Explore basic metering & exposure

Panning moving subjects

Once you have mastered

using shutter speed to

record subjects that move

while the camera stays

static, you can move onto

other techniques such as

panning, where you move

the camera to follow the

action. You won’t need to

use the extreme shutter

speeds that you used in

the exercise above.

When shooting a slightly

slower-moving subject like

a cyclist try using shutter

speeds from 1/8 sec to

1/60 sec, while for faster

subjects, such as cars and

motorbikes, use a shutter

speed between 1/30 and

1/250 sec to find out which

gives the best balance of

blurred background and

sharp subject.

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water – a stream or fountain

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priority exposure mode. Because the

range of shutter speeds available is greater

than the range of apertures, you should

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Nikon to adjust the ISO if there isn’t enough

light when selecting fast shutter speeds.

Reduce the shutter speed to the slowest

setting suitable for the lighting conditions.

As you increase the exposure time you will

see the aperture setting change, until it

reaches the smallest aperture available

on your lens. If you select a slower shutter

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the shot will be over-exposed. In bright

condit ion s t h i s w i l l be a rou nd 1/15 sec, but

i n da rker condit ion s you w i l l be able to use

a much slower shutter speed.

Shoot a sequence of images, doubling the

shutter speed each time, until you get to

1/10 0 0 sec. T h i s w i l l g ive you a ser ies of

photos showing you how the movement in

the scene is recorded. In our example, at

one second both the waterfall and the

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1/15 sec the ripples in the water are much

more visible. The fast-moving waterfall

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you can see the detail in individual drops.

TAKE IT FURTHER

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1/15 SEC

1/500 SEC

28 March 2016 http://www.digitalcameraworld.com

MASTER YOUR NIKON

IN A WEEKEND

DAY 1 | AFTERNOON