Travel Photography Tips | Don’t Forget To Try Slow Shutter Speed

© 2014 Wazari Wazir | A Buddhist Devotee Spins Prayer Wheel at Boudhanath Stupa | Kathmandu | Nepal

In photography sometimes we need to use fast shutter speed to freeze motion or actions, but sometimes, depending on certain situation  to give our photograph to have a sense of speed we need to use a slow shutter speed, so that those who will see  the photograph, knows that there is movement taking place.

The photograph above were taken at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, there is a large prayer wheel where Buddhist devotee spins the wheel as they walk around it. I spent more than half an hour here, experimenting with various shutter speeds until I get something that I like.

For a start, if you face something similar, maybe you can start with 1/60 then gradually get slower, I use 1/20 shutter speed for the photograph above. Other than getting the right shutter speed, I also wait until I get the “right subject” to come in, I mean someone that have character and I think the women in the picture above with  her traditional outfit work best for the moment.