 Joe Jarosz |
Speed When Shooting Portraits I noticed as I look over many portrait pictures that many are taken with a slow speed, 1/60 or less. Is there a reason for that rather than take at a faster speed to ensure you don't get any movement of the subject? Or is it really just based on what f-stop you need. ?
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Kerry L. Walker |
It is primarily based on the f-stop needed. 1/60 is plenty fast enough to capture portraits. There is also the fact that many older cameras sync at 1/60 or slower.
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Joe Jarosz |
Thank you Kerry for the quick resonse. Joe
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BetterPhoto Member |
Joe, One other thought: If the portrait was taken with strobes, then they freeze the action no matter whether the shutter speed is at 1/60 or 1 second - if you are using just strobes. What matters is how much ambient light is influencing the scene. It is quite common to take a portrait with strobes that also uses some of the ambient light and requires a shutter speed of, say 1/15th, of a second to add detail in areas of the scene that are not lit with the strobes. In those cases, you ask your subjects to remain very still.
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