Shutter Speed

What led up to this experiment? What supplies did you use?
the supplies I used were balloons, a camera, and a bucket with a pin. We also used lighting.

What settings did we try on the camera at first?

We used shutter speed first because we need that so it would take the pictures faster.


How did we change the shutter speed as we experimented?

Every time we changed the shutter speed we made it higher.
The higher the shutter speed, the picture is captured faster, and the darker it will be. So we would eventually have to fix the exposure in Lightroom software to lighten the image.

What lesson did you learn by doing this experiment?

I learned that you need to increase the shutter speed to capture a quick action shot. Additionally, I learned that you have to speed the camera time to take the picture so that it would last like 30 seconds - 2 seconds per shot so I could capture the picture.

What was your favorite part?

My favorite part was to see how the balloons came out when we used a different technique.


Describe exactly how you felt when you accomplished taking the photo you were aiming for?

I felt so happy and excited because I really wanted to capture this kind of picture and when it came out the way I liked it I was so satisfied. Showing everyone in the class afterward was exciting because they were all happy that I accomplished something that I thought I couldn't do.

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