Photography is much more than pointing a camera and pressing a button. This is something you realize soon after getting your hands on a serious shooter. Maybe you stumbled upon your smartphone’s ...

Those stepping out of auto mode will need to learn about three essential settings in photography: aperture, ISO, and shutter speed. These are commonly referred to as the “exposure triangle,” as one ...

Compared to ISO and aperture, shutter speed is a relatively straightforward concept to understand. It's the period of time that a camera's sensor (or film) is exposed to light after you hit the ...

Last week I talked about aperture, depth of field and how to use them to your advantage. Today is about aperture’s kissing cousin: shutter speed. Like aperture, shutter speed controls the amount of ...

Stop overthinking shutter speed! Just shoot at 1/500 sec ...

Your dSLR's (or ILC's, or enthusiast compact's) Shutter-priority mode is perfect when you care about shutter speed beyond all else. Here's what you need to know to use it. Lori Grunin Senior Editor / ...

With everything seemingly slowed down or completely stopped for the last two months or so, I think a lot of us have had our minds on the passage of time. I promise not to wax philosophically on the ...

Everybody seems to be obsessed with the ‘cinematic’ look these days, especially with regard to the 180-degree shutter rule – or for those shooting digital, setting the shutter speed to double that of ...

The shutter-speed switch is far and away the least-used control on any video camera. Some videographers never even learn where it is unless it is accidentally turned on and a warning pops up in the ...

Photographers searching for a professional shutter speed tester may be interested in a new device which has been created by Eric Bergstrom and this week launched by the Kickstarter crowdfunding ...