boriel
The Fly
no offense, but serious photographers who really know their stuff is who i am hoping to ask here.
i'm learning photography and my instructor is terrible at explaining the part about shutter speed vs aperature settings. I understand that if you need to let in more light, you open the aperature (use a smaller number) and if you want to freeze fast action you turn up the shutterspeed (higher number) If you want to get cool shots of water in a time lapse kind of fog look, you slow down the shutterspeed (lower number)
what i dont understand is this:
if i need to let in more light, and i open the aperature, do i also need to adjust the shutterspeed? and if i take a picture of a waterfall, say, and want that cool look to the water, and i slow down the shutterspeed - it lets in too much light and will over expose the frame. So to compensate i'll need to close or tighten up the aperature.
is there a formula to use? this is hard to explain...what i mean is, say i dial the shutter speed down to say, 60. Is there a setting on the aperature that i should automatically be using with that? Or do i have to figure that out on my own? Conversely, if i speed up the shutterspeed to say, 1000 to capture a sporting event/action, is there an aperature setting that i should automatically use to let more light in? IF NOT, how do you EVER learn to figure it all out?
and finally, last question. IF i am allowed to take my camera to the U2 concert (which i hear is a possibility) what kind of settings are best for that weird low light in the audience, lots of light on stage, live action thing? And do i need to use a flash or can i compensate for that with manual settings.
ANY help is greatly appreciated! I have time to go out and practice this before the April concert
i'm learning photography and my instructor is terrible at explaining the part about shutter speed vs aperature settings. I understand that if you need to let in more light, you open the aperature (use a smaller number) and if you want to freeze fast action you turn up the shutterspeed (higher number) If you want to get cool shots of water in a time lapse kind of fog look, you slow down the shutterspeed (lower number)
what i dont understand is this:
if i need to let in more light, and i open the aperature, do i also need to adjust the shutterspeed? and if i take a picture of a waterfall, say, and want that cool look to the water, and i slow down the shutterspeed - it lets in too much light and will over expose the frame. So to compensate i'll need to close or tighten up the aperature.
is there a formula to use? this is hard to explain...what i mean is, say i dial the shutter speed down to say, 60. Is there a setting on the aperature that i should automatically be using with that? Or do i have to figure that out on my own? Conversely, if i speed up the shutterspeed to say, 1000 to capture a sporting event/action, is there an aperature setting that i should automatically use to let more light in? IF NOT, how do you EVER learn to figure it all out?
and finally, last question. IF i am allowed to take my camera to the U2 concert (which i hear is a possibility) what kind of settings are best for that weird low light in the audience, lots of light on stage, live action thing? And do i need to use a flash or can i compensate for that with manual settings.
ANY help is greatly appreciated! I have time to go out and practice this before the April concert