Action and Panning

How can shutter speed create a sense of time or motion in a still image? Shutter speed creates a sense of motion with motion blur and with subjects moving in one direction to add a movement effect to a photo.

What is the process of panning? Panning is the process of rotating the camera to follow a moving object. Choosing a moderate shutter speed and standing with stable footing both help with taking good panning pictures.

Why should a photographer use short shutter speeds and long shutter speeds? For short shutter speeds (such as 1/250 of a second), you can freeze a subject even if they’re moving while you take the photo. For long shutter speeds (such as 1/30 of a second), you can blur motion in a photo

Short Shutter Speeds

©Jason Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6 Exposure: 1/500sec @ f/1.8 and ISO-800 Taken: 2025-10-02 14:40:02
©Jason Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6 Exposure: 1/500sec @ f/2 and ISO-400 Taken: 2025-10-02 14:38:58

Long Shutter Speeds

©Jason Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6 Exposure: 1/25sec @ f/3.5 and ISO-100 Taken: 2025-10-02 14:40:38
©Jason Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6 Exposure: 1/30sec @ f/20 and ISO-100 Taken: 2025-09-30 14:24:24

Panning

©Jason Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6 Exposure: 1/30sec @ f/22 and ISO-100 Taken: 2025-10-02 14:25:42
©Jason Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6 Exposure: 1/30sec @ f/22 and ISO-100 Taken: 2025-10-02 14:24:29

Featured Image

©Jason Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6 Exposure: 1/500sec @ f/2 and ISO-640 Taken: 2025-10-02 14:40:02
I chose this photo as the featured image because of how the short shutter speed did its job in freezing the object. The volleyball was spinning in the moment that the photo was taken, but because of shutter speed setting, it’s frozen.

Jason