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Shutter Speed

shutter Speed

what is Shutter Speed ?

 The Shutter speed is how long your camera's sensor is exposed for. The way this works is by two shutters ( or curtains). One that goes up at the start and one that goes down at the end. Depending on how fast the shutters move will depend on how fast the photo was taken. For example if the shutters moved at 1/15.
Then the photo will be a bit blurry and should probably need a tripod as longer shutter speeds pick up more movement. Slow shutters can be used for landscape and anything to do with light trails. whereas a fast shutter speed like 1/1250 will be a lot more sturdy and more crisp. This speed is used for action shots and fast moving images.

The next two photos show the difference between a slow shutter and a fast shutter using water droplets. Both images were shot in manual mode which enables me to have full control of the camera. To show the differences fairly I have kept the same composition for both photos. All I've done is simply increased the shutter speed. 


 this photo was taken at 1/25 of a second. Because the sensor was exposed for longer it captured more movement. therefore the droplets are merged together. 


 However this photo was taken at 1/4000 and you can tell that there is a dramatic difference.This time the sensor captured each individual droplet. Which makes the image satisfying to look at. Another difference between the two photos is that the photo with the fast shutter speed has a blurry background. The reason for this is because you need to have a lower F stop number to allow the same brightness. If i kept my F stop at F9 then the photo would probably come out dark. So i need to counter balance my shutter speed and aperture.


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