Roni Horn and Shutter Speed

What is a shutter speed?

A shutter speed (also known as exposure time) is the length of time the camera's shutter is open for. The amount of time that the shutter is open for has an impact on how the picture will turn out; if the shutter is open for short amount of time the picture will be very sharp, particularly if it's of a something moving. Whereas if the shutter is open for a long time it will come out blurry or just less sharp. The shutter works along with the appeture which determines the size of the hole that lets light in. The smaller the appeture, the sharper the image.

Roni Horn is a visual artist that uses a variety of shutter speeds. Here are some of her images:

For this picture she has used a slow shutter speed. This is clearly shown as the face is blurry. I think that the use of the shutter speed has created a great effect on the picture because it shows that she has interpreted many people's perception of clowns and used an effect to make it look scary.










This is my favourite picture done by Roni Horn. This is because she has captured the image so perfectly as you can clearly visualize the ripples and different levels of the water. She was able to do this by using a fast shutter speed.




These are images that have been created using different shutter speeds:

Photo by Rich Anderson

This image has been captured using a slow shutter speed. the slow shutter speed has allowed us to see all of the movement of the lights which make it look like an abstract image/effect.

Photo by Bresson Thomas

  

This image has been developed in the same way as the picture above; using a slow shutter speed creating an abstract effect. I preffer this one to the picture above because the straight lines of light are very constant and create a sense of movement as they blend together in the distance.