2. What Is It?
• Using slow shutter
speed photography
can be a totally
different phenomenon
if you get it right. You
can use it to inspire
others, or to capture
light painting, or may
be some smooth
water effects, or it can
be anything else.
3. Slow Shutter Speed
Long exposure
times can create
lighting that
seems to take on
an otherworldly
almost physical
form, or reveal
mysterious effects
of natural light
that are invisible
to the naked eye.
4. What You’ll Need
• An Expensive Camera
• Preferably a tripod (Also expensive)
• A Light Source
• That’s it!
5. Setting Up Camp
Firstly, you have to
set up your camera
in a stable area
where it can
remain still, this is
vital! If your
camera can’t stay
perfectly still, it will
ruin the image.
This is because of
the slow shutter
speed causing
motion blur.
6. What to Set the Shutter Speed On
Shutter speeds between
10 seconds and 20
seconds I found to work
great! With the aperture
around the middle such
as f/8 or so
7. Experiment!
Now that you
know the
basics, all that’s
left to do is to
get out there and
shoot! That’s real
easy to do
nowadays, especi
ally since we’re
in the digital age.
8. Conclusion
In reality, slow shutter
speed looks like a hard
thing to do, but all you
need is the
equipment, and to
know the basics of your
shutter speed and
aperture. So it’s fairly
easy to do!
