Fast shutter speeds
The big freeze
For other examples:
Cristina Garcia Rodero p. 15
Denis Darzacq p. 53
Adam Pretty p. 59
Fast shutter speeds do the opposite to slow shutter speeds – they freeze movement.
For his series ‘Blast’, Naoya Hatakeyama uses a very fast shutter speed of 1/2000 to show the destructive effects of Japan’s limestone mining on the landscape.
In this image, what would have been too fast to comprehend with the naked eye instead becomes a blowout of fantastic detail. Time is frozen as the reddish-brown debris hangs in mid-air against a beautiful blue sky. Here, the unease of destruction gives way to total seduction.
To freeze movement, use ‘Shutter Priority’ (S or Tv) and a fast shutter speed.
Subjects appear frozen when photographed ...
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