Fun With Motion

Hi Everybody!

For today's post I decided to use a photo that highlights how your shutter speed setting can influence the picture. First a bit of background... Basically the slower you put your shutter speed, the more movement you will capture. For just about any camera, if you take a picture that is less than 1/60 of a second long, any kind of movement is going to be noticed. For the picture below, I found a shady spot because it was sunny outside. This way I was able to get the shutter speed slow enough to capture the motion of the people on bikes. The other people walking are relatively unaffected. I like this picture because you can get the sense of what is going on in the photo, which is people hurrying along to their classes (Pic was taken at OSU campus).

The camera settings for this picture were as follows: Dimensions - 2865 x 1974 pixels, ISO - 80, Aperture - f/8, Shutter Speed - 1/25 seconds. I will try to remember to include this info for all of the pics I post for anyone who wants to know. If none of that stuff above makes sense, I will be happy to talk about it in the comments or write a post about it at a later time. One other note, always try to take your pictures at the highest MP setting you can. You may get less pics onto a card, but they will be better.

Until next time kiddies!!

-Steve