Shutterspeed

The purpose of this assignment is to provide a visual understanding of how to use shutter speed to either blur or freeze action.

1/15s ( F9 ISO 100)

Pictured here is a pink fidget spinner placed on a desk by the window in my room. It was taken to capture the spinning movement for an assignment. Picture by Julianna Gillis.

1/30s ( F6.3 ISO 100)

Pictured here is a pink fidget spinner placed on a desk by the window in my room. It was taken to capture the spinning movement for an assignment. Picture by Julianna Gillis.

1/60s ( F4.5 ISO 100)

Pictured here is a pink fidget spinner placed on a desk by the window in my room. It was taken to capture the spinning movement for an assignment. Picture by Julianna Gillis.

1/125s (F4.5 ISO 200)

Pictured here is a pink fidget spinner placed on a desk by the window in my room. It was taken to capture the spinning movement for an assignment. Picture by Julianna Gillis.

1/250s ( F4.5 ISO 400)

Pictured here is a pink fidget spinner placed on a desk by the window in my room. It was taken to capture the spinning movement for an assignment. Picture by Julianna Gillis.

1/500s ( F4.5 ISO 640)

Pictured here is a pink fidget spinner placed on a desk by the window in my room. It was taken to capture the spinning movement for an assignment. Picture by Julianna Gillis.

1/60s ( F16 ISO 320)

Pictured here is my brother Isaac running across our backyard with the play equipment behind him. Picture by Julianna Gillis.

Reflection

I found the first part of the assignment quite easy as I could just set up the fidget spinner, get it spinning and change the settings according to the instructions. Although it was hard to make the fidget spinner visually pleasing. I originally had Isaac ( my brother) help with that but it just wasn't looking good. In the end the desk worked but I had to adjust the ISO quite a bit to get the exposure right. I got what I was looking for in the end.
It took me a few tries and a patient brother to get the last photo. He had a lot of running to do and I had a lot of learning. I kept forgetting to move the camera after pressing the button. I eventually got it and pictured here is the best I could get out of the many tries. The last photo is not my best work but still achieved what it was supposed to and that was the goal. I think this assignment really helped me better visualize what shutter speed is and how it works. I will be able to incorporate it in my work as a car photographer and take some really awesome shots of the cars we sell.