Understanding the Shutter Speed and its apt use for wedding photography I am a professional, freelance photographer in Dubai with over 10 years of experience in this field. I have covered many events, wedding photography, and candid photoshoot. I would like to share my experience through this blog to make you understand the basic things that will give a wow effect in your photography. Today we are going to learn about the camera shutter speed and how it can be used to cover wedding photography. Many beginners do miss to consider shutter speed while doing their photoshoot. The camera shutter is one of the major factors that cause photo blur if you are shooting a subject which is moving. As a leading wedding photographer in dubai, today we will explain to you more about the shutter speed by doing some experiments. Before we start the experiment let’s do the necessary setting in our camera. If you have a Nikon camera then set it on “S” (Shutter Priority) and for Canon set it on “TV” (Time Value). Now change the autofocus mode in Canon as “AI Servo” and for Nikon Set it on “AF-C”; change the drive mode to continuous shooting in canon and for Nikon change it to continuous mode. Now all the settings have been done for the first experiment. Now we will only do some changes in shutter speed to see the difference in our images. Next imagine you are a freelance photographer or undertaking wedding photography.
We will now begin the first experiment of wedding photography as a freelance photographer: Test -1) For this experiment now we set our shutter speed to 1/100 and camera lens to 55. Now focus on the subject (the person jumping) and click the when the subject jumps. Hope its not difficult for you as a freelance photographer to arrange for models. This gives an image with little blur at some points which means we need to increase the shutter speed to click faster. Now set it to the 1/200 and click again see the difference. It still blurs! Now make it 1/400 and take the picture. This time you can notice a better and sharper picture. You can now adjust the shutter speed and see the difference and select the best setting to get the best results based on your camera lens and its efficiency. You also need to think about the angle from which you are taking the picture. Select the best angle which enhances your picture during the click imagining you are covering wedding photography. Please note these settings may vary based on camera and the lens you are using. So practice is the best way to understand your and your camera efficiency. I hope you will try at your home or outside and improve your photography skills and you may also try it as a wedding photographer in Dubai. There are many small experiments that will give you more understanding about shutter speed which I will cover in my next blog for you. I think this provides you good tips for becoming a leading freelance photographer in Dubai.