Shutter Speed - freeze action

A friend is going having a birthday party at a gymnastic place and was asking about a good shutter speed to get a good stop motion.  I just happen to be at a birthday party at the beginning of this month - and here are some good speeds to get a stop motion in not the best of lighting.  I didn't use a flash.  Now - I am not an expert by any means - but I think these work.

Jumping on a trampoline:

1/250 sec at f/2.5 ISO 2000

1/250 sec at f/2.5 ISO 2000

Swinging on the zip line:

1/320 sec at f/3.2 ISO 2500 (a little fuzzo - should have been better exposed)

Jumping off a balance beam

1/250 sec at f /1.8 ISO 2500

Going down a bounce slide - super dark in there!

1/320 sec at f /4.5 ISO 2500

All of these were processed in Light Room and the exposure was tweaked and so was the contrast and clarity.

Then if you go outside - it brings a whole other game - I did this amazing Senior shoot - and look at the change in the settings.

1/1250 sec at f /3.5 ISO 250

1/800 sec at f /3.2 ISO 500

1/3200 sec at f /2.8 ISO 160

Look at how I was able to increase the shutter speed by a lot with the available natural light - I could increase the shutter speed because my ISO's were so much lower.  Difference between buildings and outside.  

Shutter Speed at the Fair

We went to the fair today - and I had way to much fun playing with my camera - go figure!

Here after the girls were done on the swings - I took some pictures at different shutter speeds:

Photo 1: taken at 1/30 sec at f/22

 Photo 2: taken at 1/50 sec at f/22

Photo 3: taken at 1/80 sec at f/22

Photo 4: taken at 1/125 sec at f/14

Photo 5: taken at 1/200 sec at f/11

Photo 6: taken at 1/1000 sec at f/5

Photo 7: taken at 1/2000 sec at f/3.5

Then I played with my oldest on spinning rides - panning on a slow shutter speed.  

This one was at 1/40 sec and f/11, ISO 100, at 55mm

This one was on a different ride - and I think my favorite of the day.

Taken at 1/30 sec, f/13, ISO 320, 75mm

You never know when will be a good learning experience - get out your camera - take it off of auto and have fun!