3 reasons you should slow your shutter speed.

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Written By John Hendrick || Staff Photojournalist Pepper magazine || UTSA Photography Instructor

So first, what I'm talking about;

I'll explain; if you set your shutter to a slow speed, let us say, for example, on my image, it was set to 1/12 seconds; you can blur your image.

You may have noticed that the people walking down the stairs blurred to the point where some may even appear to be ghosts.

So here is three reasons why we would want to slow your shutter:

#1. Create movement instead of freezing an object; we can help emphasize the natural movement that occurs in life.

#2. Create tension; something that seems out of focus forces the observer to work harder to translate the image.

#3. Lastly, it’s just fun to change things up.

There are many other ways to get creative with slow shutter speeds; this is to get your mind working.

Thanks for all the support,

Now you can just get out there and get creative.

John

John Hendrick || Staff Photojournalist Pepper magazine || UTSA Photography Instructor

Born in the Bronx, New York, and raised in Queens.

John grew up skateboarding in the mid-’80s and into the late ’90s when NYC was the melting pot of pop culture. He worked as a messenger and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For the past 23 years, John has traveled worldwide and lived abroad in Italy, Spain, and Japan.

https://www.johnhendrick.com
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