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Using the Camera Controls

Learn how to control depth of field and enhance motion in your photographs using camera controls. Explore techniques like aperture adjustment, shutter speed manipulation, and motion effects.

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Using the Camera Controls

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  1. Using the Camera Controls Creating Depth and Enhancing Motion

  2. Using the Camera Controls • It’s all about Control! • Control what we see in your photograph • Control how much is in focus • Control how still a moving subject is • Control, control, control!

  3. Shutter Speed Dial Aperture Ring

  4. Using the Camera Controls • The aperture controls how much of the scene is in focus. • The shutter speed controls how movement looks in the photograph.

  5. Aperture Controls Focus f-stop = “focus” stop Aperture Ring 22 16 11 8 5.6 4 2.8 2

  6. Aperture Controls Focus • The aperture controls how much of the scene is in focus. • “f-stop” means “focus” stop. • f-stop determines the depth of field in a photograph.

  7. Depth of Field • The area of acceptable focus in a photograph. • In other words, how much of the scene is in focus.

  8. Depth of Field • Shallow Depth of Field: • Limited focus. • Use a “large” opening with a small f-stop number. • f 4, f 2.8, f 2 give shallow depth of field.

  9. Shallow Depth of Field • Limited focus. • “Large”opening with a small f-stop number. • f 4, f 2.8, f 2 give very shallow depth of field. • Charles Porter

  10. Shallow Depth of Field • Limited focus. • “Large”opening with a small f-stop number. • f 4, f 2.8, f 2 give shallow depth of field. • Neil Leifer

  11. Shallow Depth of Field • Limited focus. • “Large”opening with a small f-stop number. • f 4, f 2.8, f 2 give shallow depth of field. • Henri Cartier-Bresson

  12. Depth of Field • Great Depth of Field: • Most of scene is in focus. • Use a “small”opening with a large f-stop number. • f 22, f 16 give great depth of field.

  13. Great Depth of Field • Most, if not all, of the scene is in focus. • Use a “small” opening with a large f-stop number. • f 22, f 16 give great depth of field. • Ansel Adams

  14. Great Depth of Field • Most, if not all, of the scene is in focus. • Use a “small” opening with a large f-stop number. • f 22, f 16 give great depth of field. • Ansel Adams

  15. Great Depth of Field • Most, if not all, of the scene is in focus. • Use a “small” opening with a large f-stop number. • f 22, f 16 give great depth of field. • Neil Leifer

  16. Which? Shallow or Great Depth of Field? Great • Most of scene in focus. • “Small”opening with a large f-stop number. • Which f-stops? f 22, f 16 • Henri Cartier-Bresson

  17. Which? Shallow or Great Depth of Field? Shallow • Limited focus. • “Large”opening with a small f-stop number. • Which f-stops? f 4, f 2.8, or f 2 • Art Wolfe

  18. Which? Shallow or Great Depth of Field? Great • Most of scene in focus. • “Small”opening with a large f-stop number. • Which f-stops? f 22, f 16 • John Sexton

  19. Which? Shallow or Great Depth of Field? Great • Most of scene in focus. • “Small”opening with a large f-stop number. • Which f-stops? f 22, f 16 • Margaret Bourke-White

  20. Which? Shallow or Great Depth of Field? Shallow • Limited focus. • “Large”opening with a small f-stop number. • Which f-stops? f 4, f 2.8, or f 2 • Yuri Bonder

  21. Which? Shallow or Great Depth of Field? Medium • Limited focus, but recognizable. • “Medium”opening with a medium f-stop number. • Which f-stops? f 11, f 8, or f 5.6 • Gordon Parks

  22. Depth of Field • Great Depth of Field • All of scene in focus • Use f22 or f16 • Medium Depth of Field • Much of scene in focus • Use f11, f8, f5.6 • Shallow Depth of Field • Little of scene in focus • Use f4, f2.8, f2

  23. Using the Camera Controls Creating Depth and Enhancing Motion

  24. Using the Camera Controls • The aperture controls how much of the scene is in focus. • The shutter speed controls how movement looks in the photograph.

  25. Controlling Motion in a Photo • Use the shutter speed dial to control motion • Faster shutter speeds freeze motion • Slower shutter speeds blur motion

  26. Motion Effects • Stop Action • Motion Blur • Panning

  27. Motion Effects • Stop Action – use fast shutter speed to freeze motion • 1/250th of a second is the minimum speed to freeze average motion. B 1 2 4 8 15 30 60 125 250 500 1000

  28. Stop Action

  29. Stop Action

  30. Stop Action

  31. Stop Action • Fast Shutter speed • At least 250 • Frozen Motion • Shoot in bright light

  32. Motion Effects • Motion Blur – use slow shutter speed to blur motion • 1/30th of a second is the maximum speed to freeze average motion • USE A TRIPOD so only the subject is blurred B 1 2 4 8 15 30 60 125 250 500 1000

  33. Motion Blur

  34. Motion Blur

  35. Motion Blur • Slow Shutter Speed • At most 30 • Blurry Motion • Use a Tripod

  36. Motion Effects • Panning – use slow shutter speed to blur motion • 1/15or 1/8th of a second produces the best effect, depending on how fast the subject is moving • MOVE THE CAMERA WITH THE SUBJECT so the background is streaked B 1 2 4 8 15 30 60 125 250 500 1000

  37. Panning

  38. Panning

  39. Panning • Slow Shutter speed • At most 30 • Streaked background • Move camera with subject

  40. Controlling Motion in a Photo • Use the shutter speed dial to control motion • Faster shutter speeds freeze motion • Slower shutter speeds blur motion

  41. Using the Camera Controls Creating Depth and Enhancing Motion

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