Shutter & Aperture Balance

Video Transcript

"Balancing your shutter speed and your aperture is a key way to find the proper exposure. As we've discussed before, the amount of light or the amount of depth of field that you want in an image is going to affect both the aperture and the amount of light and or the action image is going to affect the shutter speed. So when you're taking a photograph, you got to take all things into consideration. The depth of field, the amount of light, what the subject is, and what the subject is doing in order to find the perfect balance of your aperture and your shutter speed. Again the light meter you find in the bottom of your view finder is going to do its best to help you find the proper balance of aperture and shutter speed. But if you do your homework and can look at a scene and say, "OK, hey we've got some fast moving objects.? I know I need to first set my shutter speed to something really fast. Or here we are in a low light situation. So I know I'm going to need to open the aperture up pretty wide to let a lot of light in. Basically every situation is going to be different. But the key to photography is understanding how to balance your aperture and your shutter speed so that you get the best exposure and really depict the image how you want to depict the image."