Shutter Speed

Photo with high shutter speed

Photo with slow shutter speed

1. If you were assigned to shoot at Bulldogs and Hotdogs night, which was a few weeks ago, what shutter speeds do you think you would have to shoot at the following events that night I would like you to answer the question for the following two situations:

At the beginning while the sun was still up and the courtyard had reasonable good light

a.) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree

~ Fast shutter speed

b.) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings

~Fast shutter speedc.) the Stars performance inside the gym

~Fast shutter speedd.) students dancing near the center of the courtyard

~Fast shutter speede.) people streaming in from the front doors

~Slow shutter speedf.) the basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs at a hoop

~Fast shutter speed
Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other.

a.) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree

~Slow shutter speed

b.) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings

~Slow shutter speed

c.) the Stars performance inside the gym

~Fast shutter speed

d.) students dancing near the center of the courtyard

~Fast shutter speed

e.) people streaming in from the front doors

~Slow shutter speed

f.) the basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs at a hoop

~Fast shutter speed

2. List the three settings your camera has regarding setting shutter speed (these are found at #5 on the Shutter Speed website. 

You could set the camera to auto mode so the shutter speed is selected by the camera.

But if you want to set it manually you can set the camera to shutter priority mode. Which allows you to choose the shutter speed and the camera automatically picks the aperture.

Also when you set it to manual mode you can choose shutter speed and aperture manually.