View and Respond 6: Shutter Speed

Your VIEW and RESPOND assignment is to write down three or four or more useful tips or facts that Sartore presents on the subject of shutter speed. And then write a hefty paragraph (at least five sentences) in which you share what you've learned.

1. In still photography, the difference between 1/50th and 1/500th is huge.
2. The only way to learn is to try different shutter speeds.
3. Longer the lens, faster the shutter speed.
4. The faster the subject and the closer it is to the camera, the faster your shutter speed must be.
5. When shooting panned action: Position yourself perpendicular to your subject's path, and pre-focus on where your subject will be when it passes in front of you
6. Continuous high motor drive
7. Ghosting: mix ambient light and slow shutter speed with flash
8. Dragging the shutter- choosing to use slow shutter speed.

The most interesting thing that I took from the lecture was the ghosting. I have never heard of it, and it sounds really neat. I also always go for a faster shutter speed, because I didn't realize that slowing it down could also work too. I also didn't know that you need to use a faster shutter speed for a subject that is closer to the camera and faster. I have tried to do panned action before, but it didn't work. Now that I now how to do it in more detail, I will try it again.