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Playing with Shutter Speed

Freeze a drop in mid air or paint with your camera. I will show you how.

Sharp photo of trees in a park with sunlight on the grass
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The same trees photographed with a long shutter speed, vertical streaks in blue, purple and green
1/5 second see the difference
Linda Verweij photographing with her camera among green bushes

Hi, I am Linda.

I took the two photos above at the same moment, of the same trees. I only changed the shutter speed. Once you have done this guide, you understand exactly how that works and you can use it really well yourself.

  1. What is shutter speed?
  2. Your camera on S or Tv 🔒
  3. Long: painting with light 🔒
  4. Panning 🔒
  5. Short: freezing motion 🔒
  6. Fun facts and cheat sheet 🔒
1Lesson 1

What is shutter speed?

This is the same spot, with the same camera. I only turned the shutter speed. Give it a turn yourself and watch what happens to the trees.

How is that possible?

That is what you are going to discover. Do you want to understand it completely? In the guide you learn it step by step: what the shutter does, when you choose which shutter speed and how to do this with your own camera. Until you really get it.

I want to really get it

Short or long: what do you see?

The same fountain twice, photographed one right after the other. Only the shutter speed is different. Tap short or long and see what the shutter does.

Stone fountain head with a stream full of separate drops
Stone fountain head with a smooth, silky stream
3And now?

This was a taster. The playing only starts now.

In the full guide you read shutter speed with a stopwatch, choose your camera and immediately see the right mode, practise with the tap and head outside with trees, cyclists, water and splashes.

With three more assignments, quiz questions, a game in which you match the right shutter speed to the photo, a cheat sheet to keep and a final test.

€24.95
After this guide you will really understand shutter speed. I explain everything step by step, with lots of examples and assignments.

Yes, I want the whole guide
Unlock Shutter Hunt soon

Shoot whatever passes by against the clock, reach new levels and challenge your friends. You unlock this after the full guide.

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What would you like to learn next?

I keep making new guides. Tell me what you run into or what you are curious about, and I will take it into account.