Tag Archives: Shutter Speed

Brrr…. Motion blur!

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Michael Willems

We have all struggled with motion blur: the blurry nature of a shot where you really want it to be sharp. You shoot some animals (or a model and fellow photographer holding parts of an animal) with your long lens; … Continue reading →

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One fifteenth

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Michael Willems

When you want to show motion, one fifteenth of a second is the kind of time you need to think about. Of course this depends on: focal length of the lens how fast the subject is moving how close you … Continue reading →

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Vomit, or silk?

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Michael Willems

So when I shoot a flow, like a rapidly moving car, or a gently flowing river, or a famously gushing fountain (uh oh, I am beginning to sound like Dan Brown), should I “freeze” that motion? Or should I somehow … Continue reading →

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Blur is bad. Always. Or…?

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Michael Willems

Or is it? Indeed not. That is why you have a shutter speed priority (Tv/S). Sometimes you want to show motion, and you do that by blurring things. I took the shot above while panning at 1/15th of a second … Continue reading →

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What mode should I use?

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Michael Willems

The most common question I hear is “what lens should I buy?”. Boy, that is a tough one – a bit like asking “what car should I drive”. The answer: “It depends”! Almost as often, I hear “what exposure mode … Continue reading →

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Fire

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Michael Willems

Do not forget to use motion in your pictures. Like this: So I took that today with one hand – the other was holding a McDonald’s coffee, outside Henry’s School of Imaging in Toronto. I was about to go back … Continue reading →

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