Shutter speed

Shutter Speed

What is Shutter Speed?

Shutter speed is ‘the amount of time that the shutter is open' while taking a photo.

Shutter speed is measured in seconds – but most of the time it is in fraction of seconds. 

Slower                                                                      Faster

1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000

When using a shutter speed of 1/60th of a second or faster you will probably get camera shake (this is when your camera is moving while the shutter is open and this results in a blur) and is very difficult to use. When using a shutter speed of anything faster then 1/60th of a second you will need to use a tri pod to stop camera shake.

Here is where I experimented with shutter speed this image had a 20 second exposure.