Understanding Shutter Speed: Creative Action and Low-Light Photography Beyond 1/125 Second

by Bryan Peterson

The first book in the Understanding Photography series, Understanding Exposure , was a runaway best-seller, with more than 250,000 copies sold. Now author Bryan Peterson brings his signature style to another important photography shutter speed. With clear, jargon-free explanations of terms and techniques, plus compelling “before-and-after” photos that pair a mediocre image (created using the wrong shutter speed) with a great image (created using the right shutter speed), this is the definitive practical guide to mastering an often-confusing subject. Topics include freezing and implying motion, panning, zooming, exposure, Bogen Super Clamps, and rendering motion effects with Photoshop, all with helpful guidance for both digital and film formats. Great for beginners and serious amateurs, Understanding Shutter Speed is the definitive handy guide to mastering shutter speed for superb results.

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction, Reference, Art

160 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2007

About the author

Bryan F. Peterson has been a full-time commercial photographer since 1981, shooting assignments all over the world for many of the Fortune 500 companies, including Kodak, UPS, and American Expiress. He is also a contract stock photographer for Corbis and Getty. He has been a contributing editor at Outdoor Photographer Magazine and is currently a contributing editor at Popular Photography and Imaging Magazine. Within the photographic community, he is most noted as the author/photographer of four best selling “how-to” photography books, Understanding Exposure, Understanding Shutter Speed, Learning to See Creatively and Beyond Portraits, with two new books due out in the spring of 2009, Understanding Close-up Photography and The Field Guide to Photography. He is also the founder and one of the instructors at the world’s number one on-line photography school, www.ppsop.net.

Reviews

[Sebah Al-Ali]

لطيف. يتناول فكرة تأثير سرعة إغلاق العدسة أثناء التصوير على الصور. أعجبتني كثيرا طريقة تناوله للشرح، حيث قام بتوضيح ما قدمه من خلال قياسات مفهومة و قدم عرضا لصور مختلفة تصور نفس الحدث لكن بإعدادات مختلفة ليسهل على القارئ فهم الاختلاف بينها.

مع ذلك، لأني شاهدت فيلما تعليميا للكاتب عن التصوير، لم أجد الكثير من الأشياء الجديدة في الكتاب. لكنه يبقى مفيدا.

اقتبست:

"You will always attain the fastest possible shutter speed at any given ISO when you use the largest possible shutter opening. You will be able to attain the slowest possible shutter speed at any given ISO by using the smallest possible lens opening."