This video is part of our Intro to Photography series, where we break down some of the fundamental concepts of the ...

To capture water's flow, you'll want a shutter speed of 1/2 a second or longer, depending on the light. The longer the shutter speed, the more silky the effect.

Water at a slow shutter speed begins to appear as one thing, one expansive body even if flying through the air. But at a fast shutter speed, you begin to see the individual droplets that make up ...

If you want to freeze the motion of a moving subject, like many sports photographers do, then you need to use a fast shutter speed. Generally, to stop something that’s moving quickly, such as an ...

Canon has recently filedmultiple patents for various lenses, from birding lenses to ones with better autofocus. The company ...

The lighting and speed of the water will determine your exact shutter speed. A good starting point is your smallest aperture (f/22 on most cameras) and then a shutter speed of about one second.

Because your shutter speed will determine the time the sensor captures light, a longer exposure time can create very interesting effects. This is how you can accomplish light streaks and water ...

Instead, I tried to see the effect of manual shutter speed controls on a park’s water fountains in the daytime. The Pixel’s default mode (1/247 seconds) has a mix of droplets and flowing water.

The 30-second shutter speed necessary for this night shot has captured ambient light in the sky and also blurred the water in the foreground; Shutter speed vs focal length.