Your Camera Settings in the Studio Don't Matter 😮

Today I’m going to show you what your camera settings in the studio mean and the fact that they’re not quite as important as you think they are. The single most question I get asked all the time is “what were yoru camera settings for that shot”? It’s an understandable question, you’re wondering how to replicate the shot exactly down to the settings… but do they entirely matter? Let me explain… The 3 elements that affect your images in the studio are: 👉 Aperture 👉 Shutter speed 👉 ISO ✅ Shutter speed Even though we’re talking about the studio, let's imagine for a second that you’re shooting outside and adjusting your shutter speed. When you adjust it, your exposure changes. A slower shutter speed lets in more light, a faster shutter speed lets in less light, etc. However it doesn’t work like that in the studio. You can (almost) forget about your shutter speed entirely (within reason). What you should be focusing on is your camera’s sync speed. This is the highest speed in which your camera can use flash before seeing your black bars in the shot for example. ✨ A good rule of thumb is simply don’t exceed your sync speed! ✨ What about slower shutter speeds such as if I shoot at 1/125th or 1/200th of a second? None of that will affect the exposure. Where it WILL matter is if you shoot at such a slow shutter speed (for example 1/8th of a second) what will happen is that ambient light will probably start to show and if you’re using flash in the studio you don’t need to shoot at that slow of a speed to begin with. ✨ Stick with a go-to shutter speed of something like 1/200th of a second, set it and forget it. ✨ In the video I’m going to show you how our shutter speed is going to effect whether our ‘window light’ demo changes our shot. 👉 Check it out at 3:40 ✅ ISO ISO basically works the same way as it does on location. The ISO is the camera’s sensitivity to light. Me personally, I like shooting around 200 or 400 so that I get a nice clean fil