Posted on by Kronski

Photo Challenge #2: Fun with Slow Shutter Speed

All three of these images were created using slow shutter speed.

There are three types of Special Effects you can make with Slow Shutter Speed:

  1. The Slow Zoom
The slow zoom effect is created by placing the camera on a tripod, having a shutter speed of 3-5 seconds, and slowly zooming in the entire time.

2. Ghosted Image

A ghosted image can be created by placing a camera on a tripod and setting the shutter speed to 2-3 seconds, having the subject stand still for 1-1.5 seconds, then jumping out of the frame.

3. Light Painting

The light painting effect can be created by having a longer shutter speed, like 4-6 seconds in a darkened room, almost black. Move your phone around with the flashlight on. This image is a composite, meaning that each letter is a different image that was combined in Photoshop, then he added the portrait of himself at the end. so this image consists of 8 images.

Step One: Choose an effect you wish to create.

Step Two: Sketch out your idea, be as specific as possible.

Step Three: Grab a tripod! Without stabilization, you will just get a blurry mess.

Step Four: Make your photos.

Step Five: Transfer the images into lightroom.

Step Six: Tweak any of the settings like exposure, contrast, color, etc.

Step Seven :Export your best one as LastName_Slow_shutter.jpg

Final Image is due on Tuesday, 2/18.

What I’ll be grading you on.

  1. Originality of Idea. Don’t just include the effect, have a person interacting with the effect.
  2. How well you pull off the slow shutter speed photo.
  3. Final editing in Lightroom.

Leave a comment

Design a site like this with WordPress.com
Get started