As you may know we are away on our narrowboat and at the time of writing this have just left Chester and are heading for Middlewich.
My photography has not been as prolific as I had hoped mainly due to the weather but I'll try to add some shots of interest.
Firstly a couple of pictures illustrating the use of shutter speeds for both sharp photographs and creative results. You don't need a super expensive DSLR to take these sort of pictures. The first of the train was taken with my Olympus Pen -E1 with the exposure time set to 1/10 of a second and IS 400, letting the camera set the necessary aperture.
The blurred result gives a sensation of speed which would be lacking if I had used a very fast shutter speed to freeze the movement.
The second was taken with my Zorki 35mm film camera. This has no automatic controls and needs to be focused manually. If you have a digital camera which is a bit slow for getting the focus to lock on a moving subject then you could approach this sort of subject in the same way. You need to prefocus on the spot where you will be taking the picture (In this instance I watched a few laps first to decide where I was going to shoot the bike and rider) and then when the camera has focused change the setting to manual focus so that it will not alter when you depress the shutter button. Then to get the sense of speed, pan the camera with the subject. That is follow the subject in the camera viewfinder or screen and press the shutter release where you had decided to shoot and you should have this sort of result! Remember to follow through with the camera though. Don't suddenly stop as you release the shutter. The shutter speed was 1/1000
I'll post again shortly but if you would like to see a few more photos from our current trip our blog is at thehodmadod@blogspot.co.uk
