Shutter Speed

Here are some examples of experimenting with slow shutter speeds:

 

In this example I was focusing on the bin and set the shutter speed to 1/2 second exposure time. This created the effect of ghost like shapes of people walking past. If you look closely you can make out someone's jeans pocket and jumper. It took a while for me to get used to the Canon settings and this is the only one that really turned out. So I decided to try again at home with my own Nikon camera and experimented with sparklers in the back garden, here are some of the results:

The exposure time for both of these images was 5 seconds.

Aperture

One of my experiments with the aperture settings on my Nikon. I tried several subjects, beginning with the candles. I placed one candle behind the other and at an angle so that the flames wouldn't overlap in the image. I changed the f-stop to f/5 so that the second candle was still identifiable and not just an orange blur. This was the best result from the experiment with candles, here are some of the other attempts:

f/29 and shutter speed of 1/6 second: both candles visible and the image is blurred

flash left on

I also took some images when out in the city, experimenting with a Canon. I spent most of the day trying to capture some good images with slow shutter speed effects but I also played with the aperture settings and got these results:

f/6.3: I aimed for the zip to be the only thing in focus

f/16 shutter speed 1/200 second. My friend on her phone, the pavement and background is all out of focus as intended.