R31 - Camera Work - Shutter speed

It is often thought that when you click an image the image is taken at that click but what actually happens is when you take an image and when you press the button the shutter opens and light streams in and sometime later the shutter closes. What's different about the shutter speed is the amount of time the shutters open.

The longer your shutter speed the more the camera gets to move around and capture your motions whereas the shorter the shutter speed the less time the camera gets to move around making not much difference to your images as you move.

Overall, from this video I have learnt that shutter speed is used to control how much motion is captured in your photos. Also shutter speed is also used to add emotion to a photo. The less motion there is, the more tension in drama the photo has.

So a short shutter speed is used to capture the detail, tension, drama and power. Conversely, the more motion you have in an image the softer, more peaceful and serene an image is.

Using a tripod is better to take your image because if you use your hands you will add your own blur to the image.