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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long exposure photography. One of the greatest magic tricks in photography is long exposure photography, producing images that ...

Few natural subjects are as breathtakingly beautiful as waterfalls. Even tiny waterfalls—such as rapids in a stream—take on an almost otherworldly beauty when photographed as the inherent motion of ...

Last week I talked about aperture, depth of field and how to use them to your advantage. Today is about aperture’s kissing cousin: shutter speed. Like aperture, shutter speed controls the amount of ...

Long exposures and action don’t usually mix, but a team of photographers just photographed skydivers against the northern ...

We all know the shot: Perfectly framed racecar that’s perfectly framed against a blurred racetrack, sense of speed and motion overwhelming. They’re known in photography as a panning shot—because the ...

The following lesson was created by Vimeo for its Vimeo Video School. It's used here with permission. Look for a new lesson each week. In this day and age of constantly changing gear and technology, ...

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 ...