Shutter speed makes or breaks a photo. It's the secret behind crisp, sharp images – and the magic of dreamy motion blur. But there are some myths about shutter speeds that you might have heard before, ...

New photographers don’t have to go straight from auto to full manual mode without training wheels. Shutter priority mode is one of three semi-auto mode that mixes the best of auto and manual together.

Neil Oseman continues his in-depth series on exposure techniques. This time by covering shutter speed. In the first and second parts of this series, we saw how exposure can be controlled using the ...

Those stepping out of auto mode will need to learn about three essential settings in photography: aperture, ISO, and shutter speed. These are commonly referred to as the “exposure triangle,” as one ...

Everybody seems to be obsessed with the ‘cinematic’ look these days, especially with regard to the 180-degree shutter rule – or for those shooting digital, setting the shutter speed to double that of ...

Your dSLR's (or ILC's, or enthusiast compact's) Shutter-priority mode is perfect when you care about shutter speed beyond all else. Here's what you need to know to use it. Lori Grunin Senior Editor / ...

Camera blur can be your friend. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Your iPhone camera is pretty good at taking photos automatically. You just point it, shoot, and the camera works out all the tricky ...

Today the Lytro Light Field Camera is receiving a firmware update that unlocks manual controls such as ISO sensitivity and shutter speed. But just in case you haven’t heard of it yet, the Lytro is a ...